An Operation Against Migrant Smuggling in the Mediterranean Leads to More than 260 Arrests
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The international operation allowed the police to identify 41 organized crime groups and 109 potential victims of human trafficking. The police discovered groups that encourage illegal migration.
INTERPOL announced that a four-day operation by police forces from 16 countries resulted in the arrest of more than 260 people and the dismantling of 41 criminal networks smuggling migrants between Africa and Europe.
In recent years, thousands of people died or disappeared in the Mediterranean Sea or on the Atlantic coast of northwest Africa en route to Europe to flee conflicts, authoritarian regimes or poverty.
Conducted in October by police in 16 countries, Operation Communication Maris identified 41 criminal organizations and intercepted several boats at sea.
Operation Communis Maris (Mer commun en latin), carried out from 5 to 8 October, allowed the arrest of 221 suspected smugglers, but also of counterfeiters, specified in a press release the international criminal police organization with its headquarters in Lyon.
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