UK sanctions gang leaders and illicit financiers aiding people-smuggling from the Western Balkans, freezing assets and targeting financial networks behind human trafficking

The announcement details the listing of Balkan-based organised crime groups, including a Kosovan forgery ring and a Croatian gang supplying fake passports, as well as financiers such as the ALPA network that process money and procure small boat components for smuggling networks. Further measures include a travel ban into the UK, asset freezes and exclusion from the UK financial system…