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UNODC global campaign for World Day Against Trafficking in Persons urges accelerated action to end child trafficking

July 29, 2024

Amid overlapping crises such as armed conflicts, pandemics, economic hardships, and environmental challenges, children are increasingly vulnerable to trafficking. Furthermore, the proliferation of online platforms poses additional risks as children often connect to these sites without adequate safeguards…

Europol’s European Migrant Smuggling Centre (EMSC) report unveils the latest developments and main threats in migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings, based on the most recent operations

July 17, 2024

The report highlights the main challenges presented by the current criminal landscape and aims to help law enforcement step up the fight against criminal networks…

NCA announces second arrest in its investigation into an organised crime network suspected of organising cross-Channel small boat crossings

July 13, 2024

The 25-year-old Iraqi national is suspected of being involved in planning the movement of migrants across Europe and into northern France, with their end destination being the UK.

Global Initiative issues Policy brief on ‘What’s the protocol on protocols – the risks of a last-minute cybercrime treaty protocol’

July 12, 2024

Introducing a new protocol at this stage could broaden the convention’s scope prematurely, potentially leading to human rights abuses and further complicating the already contentious negotiations. Settling the primary scope of the convention is crucial before considering additional protocols..

UNODC discloses the 8 facts you need to know about human trafficking in the 21st century

July 7, 2024

Human trafficking is one of the fastest-growing crimes, along with drugs and arms trafficking, and a highly profitable business, generating an estimated $150 billion in profits each year. Conflict and persecution, poverty and political instability, lack of access to education and jobs, migration and displacement, gender inequality and discrimination, natural disasters…

US DoS releases 2024 Annual Trafficking in Persons Report providing the most comprehensive assessment of human trafficking worldwide and highlights global efforts to combat it

July 4, 2024

Digital tools have amplified the reach, scale, and speed of trafficking. Perpetrators use dating apps and online ads to recruit victims. They use online platforms to sell illicit sexual content. They leverage encrypted messaging and digital currencies to evade detection…

Eurojust reveals coordinated actions from Romanian and French authorities to stop a human trafficking network

July 2, 2024

A current investigation by Romanian authorities has verified that members of an organized crime group (OCG) have engaged in human trafficking, pimping, and ML since January 2022 to gain significant financial gains. Victims from vulnerable backgrounds were recruited in Romania and transported to France for sexual exploitation, involving coercion tactics such as threats, force…

UNDOC discloses harms of world drug problem continue to mount amid expansions in drug use and markets

July 2, 2024

Drug traffickers in the Golden Triangle are expanding into wildlife trafficking, financial fraud, and illegal resource extraction, impacting displaced, impoverished, and migrant communities. These groups often resort to opium farming or illegal resource extraction for survival, leading to debt bondage with criminal organizations or substance abuse…

Europol announces that Spain has arrested 42 individuals for trafficking cannabis and heroin

July 1, 2024

The investigation uncovered that the criminals specialized in transnational drug trafficking, importing heroin, cannabis, and hashish into Spain for years. They distributed these drugs throughout the EU after their arrival. Heroin trafficking to the EU primarily utilizes global container transport and ferries departing from Turkey, as criminal networks involved in wholesale heroin trafficking largely originate there…

GRETA has urged the German authorities to take further action against human trafficking

June 15, 2024

The Council of Europe’s GRETA praised Germany for progress in combatting human trafficking, including the designation of new oversight bodies, while urging stronger victim support and comprehensive action plans…

Insight Crime: Mexico’s presidential candidates are proposing vague security measures that fail to tackle the intricate nature of organized crime in the country

June 6, 2024

Criminal groups maintain control over territories and social spaces, despite government pressure. They have advanced drug trafficking and money laundering operations, while others engage in predatory practices…

Global Initiative: Human smuggling and trafficking increases its movement in North Africa and the Sahel