INTERPOL’s Global Operation Liberterra III rescues 4,414 trafficking victims, flags nearly 13,000 irregular migrants, and arrests 3,744 suspects, exposing deep links to human smuggling, fraud, and ML

The operation mobilised more than 14,000 officers, leading to 3,744 arrests, including over 1,800 suspects linked to human trafficking and migrant smuggling, and triggered more than 720 new investigations. Key findings highlighted evolving criminal tactics — including trafficking‑fuelled scam schemes, rising forced labour and forced criminality, shifting migration patterns, and continued links between trafficking and other crimes such as document fraud, money laundering and drug trafficking — and showed that strengthened cooperation…