Europol supports French-led operation to dismantle large migrant smuggling and ML network, seizing over EUR11m in assets following financial investigation

The investigation focused on several interlinked criminal groups that were smuggling migrants from the Indian sub-continent (India, Sri Lanka and Nepal) to Europe, the UK and North America. The smugglers facilitated migrants’ travel to the EU via Dubai or different African countries using unlawfully obtained tourist, work or medical visas. Migrants would be charged between EUR 15 000 and EUR 26 000 per person for the full smuggling service…