Organised by the EuroMed Justice project together with the Eurojust Focus Group for Prosecutors on Migrant Smuggling, an operational meeting was held on 16-17 September in Crete, Greece, under the framework of the Technical Assistance Facility (TAF). The meeting aimed to enhance judicial cooperation...

Eurojust has supported the German and Dutch authorities in a coordinated action against an organised crime group (OCG) smuggling mainly Syrian migrants to Germany. In a joint operation, five suspects were arrested in Germany, the Netherlands and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since 2021, at least 500...

Eurojust hosted Prosecutor Generals from six South Partner Countries - Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco and Palestine*- and nine EU Member States – Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands - to discuss the challenges and best practices in fighting cross...

Under the framework of the 6th phase of the EuroMed Justice (EMJ) Project, the 21st CrimEx was held on 21 and 22 May in Lisbon, Portugal. Criminal justice representatives from 6 South Partner Countries (SPCs) and 9 European Union Member States gathered to discuss technical and strategic aspects of...

Belgian, German and Polish authorities, supported by Eurojust and Europol, have dismantled a criminal group suspected of smuggling up to 300 migrants into the European Union. During a joint operation in Belgium and Germany on 13 May, seven suspected members of the smuggling network were arrested. An...

French and German authorities, supported by Eurojust and Europol, have rolled up a criminal network responsible for transporting equipment used to smuggle migrants to the United Kingdom. An international operation took place on 4 December where five suspects were arrested in France and eight...

From November 20-21, Eurojust hosted its eighth annual meeting on migrant smuggling. The meeting, organised by Eurojust’s Anti-Trafficking Team, brought practitioners together to discuss the latest operational and strategic developments in the field of combatting migrant smuggling.

Eurojust and Europol have assisted the German authorities with the coordinated takedown of a smuggling network, which was illegally transporting Syrian migrants via the Balkan route. In total, 29 suspects involved in the smuggling of at least 750 migrants to Germany and the United Kingdom were...