Irregular Migrant

121 arrests in operation against migrant smuggling and human trafficking – INTERPOL

ByBilly Joe Cain May 30, 2022February 26, 2023

Operation Storm Makers busts criminal networks profiting from the movement of vulnerable men, women and children across borders. Organ traffickers in Turkey staged wedding photos between recipients and donors to mislead hospital ethics checks. LYON, France – An INTERPOL-coordinated operation targeting migrant smuggling and human trafficking has triggered 121 arrests across 25 countries, prompting 193…

International Migrants Day

ByEyes on Trafficking News December 18, 2021January 3, 2023

Vienna (Austria) 18 December 2021 – As the world marks International Migrants Day, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) urges countries to uphold human rights while combatting the criminal networks who smuggle migrants for profit. Further calls are for better access to pathways for regular migration, an adherence to obligations that are…

Countries Unite to Tackle Smuggling of Migrants in South Eastern Europe

ByEyes on Trafficking News December 9, 2021February 26, 2023

Skopje, (North Macedonia) 9-10 December 2021 – Crimes that cross borders can only be stopped through cross border cooperation. This was the main message of the Regional Expert Group Meeting on countering migrant smuggling in Skopje, North Macedonia. The event, which was organised by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the…

Increase in Regular Migration Options

ByEyes on Trafficking News October 21, 2021September 16, 2022

Vienna (Austria) 21 October 2021 – “If you have to leave your country very urgently to save your life, there is often no other way than to use a smuggler,” says a 30-year-old man who had to pay 15,000 USD to get to Europe. “We used all sorts of transport – plane, car, boat,…

Human trafficking: UN chief calls for action as COVID leaves ‘many millions’ more vulnerable

ByEyes on Trafficking News July 29, 2021September 21, 2022

Highlighting how the COVID pandemic has pushed as many as 124 million more people into extreme poverty, the UN chief insisted that “many millions” have been left vulnerable to the scourge.

UN experts urge India to align new anti-trafficking bill with human rights law

ByEyes on Trafficking News July 23, 2018January 4, 2023

Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, and Urmila Boola, Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, said in a statement that they were “gravely concerned” about the bill as presented by the Government to the Indian Parliament last week. “Its focus on addressing trafficking from a criminal law perspective is not sufficiently complemented…

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