UK-French Joint Intelligence Cell disrupts 52 organised smuggling gangs and secure 300+ arrests since 2020, targeting networks behind small boat crossings

UK officers alongside French counterparts in the Joint Intelligence Cell (JIC/URO), the unit has facilitated rapid intelligence sharing, leading to the dismantling of at least 52 organised immigration crime gangs and the arrest of more than 300 suspected facilitators since its inception in 2020. Beyond targeting individuals, the unit focuses on the operational and financial infrastructure of smuggling networks, intercepting boats…