Report on Migrant Smuggling Networks

The findings of a joint Europol-INTERPOL Report on Migrant Smuggling Networks underline the need for an accurate and in-depth understanding of the wide range of illicit services offered by migrant smugglers, and their operating methods, so as to dismantle their criminal networks.

• Primary Source

ESO: Information Guide: European Migration Challenges http://www.europeansources.info/record/information-guide-european-migration-challenges/

EurActiv, 18.05.16: Police agencies voice concern jihadists mixing with migrants http://www.euractiv.com/section/justice-home-affairs/news/police-agencies-voice-concern-jihadists-mixing-with-migrants/

The Guardian, 17.05.16: Interpol: increased border protection forces migrants to use people smugglers http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/17/interpol-report-border-protection-forces-migrants-people-smugglers

EUObserver, 17.05.16: Human smuggling to EU worth €5bn a year https://euobserver.com/justice/133449

The New York Times, 17.05.16: Smugglers Made at Least $5 Billion Last Year in Europe Migrant Crisis http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/18/world/europe/migrants-refugees-smugglers.html

Europol: Europol-INTERPOL Report on Migrant Smuggling Networks [Executive Summary] http://www.europol.europa.eu/sites/default/files/publications/ep-ip_report_executive_summary.pdf

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