Woman sentenced in human smuggling plot that led to 16 drowning deaths off US coast, prosecutors say

Woman sentenced in human smuggling plot that led to 16 drowning deaths off US coast, prosecutors say

Yaquelin Dominguez-Nieves was sentenced to 7½ years in prison for her role in an immigrant smuggling ring that led to the deaths of 16 people, prosecutors said.

Four arrested as NCA works with Libyan authorities to target people smugglers in North Africa

Four suspected people smugglers have been arrested in Libya as a result of joint working between the National Crime Agency and Libyan police. The group were detained in locations across the country, after the NCA worked with law enforcement partners to target criminal networks moving migrants across the Mediterranean into Europe. The most significant arrest, on 12 March… Source

Mauritania cracks down on migrant smuggling rings

Mauritanian authorities have broken up several migrant smuggling networks in just three days, stopping multiple attempts to transport people illegally to European shores. The National Gendarmerie’s announcement comes as the government launches a broader campaign against migrant smuggling and begins deporting those who entered the country illegally. The quick succession of raids shows security forces […] The post Mauritania cracks down on migrant…

For smugglers, social networks are the best way to find candidates for the wild crossing to Europe. In Mauritania, the hub of departures from West Africa, we meet the Bonnie and Clyde de Nouakchott and a saleswoman of dreams bling-bling, not insensitive to her own cam.

Mauritanian gendarmerie announced the arrest of a smuggling network in the city of Nouadhibou, comprising 20 individuals, including 19 irregular migrants and one smuggler. In a statement posted on its Facebook page on Monday, the gendarmerie said its units arrested “14 of them on land, while six others were arrested on a boat at sea.” It added that “the network members belong to different nationalities, and the smuggler is Mauritanian.” It indic…