Posted on 06 Oct 2010
Europol is the European Union’s law enforcement agency, headquartered in The Hague, whose main goal is to help achieve a safer Europe for the benefit of all EU citizens. It deals with traditional issue such as money laundering and counterfeiting of the Euro but also people smuggling and trafficking in human beings.
See below relevant resources:
- Press Release: Europol Supports Hungarian-Slovakian Team in Dismantling Migrant Smuggling Network (2 June 2016)
- Press Release: Dozens arrested for massive document forgery and migrant smuggling (31 May 2016)
- Press Release: Europol and INTERPOL issue comprehensive review of migrant smuggling networks (18 May 2016)
- Migrant Smuggling Networks: Joint Europol-Interpol Report, Executive Summary (may 2016)
- Press Release: Joint operational office opened in Vienna (4 May 2016)
- Remarks by Commissioner Avramopoulos at the launch of the European Migrant Smuggling Centre, The Hague (22 February 2016)
- Press Release: Europol launches the European Migrant Smuggling Centre (22 February 2016)
- Report: Migrant smuggling in the EU (February 2016)
- Press Release: Europol and Interpol take steps against organised crime behind migrant smuggling (23 February 2016)
- Europol Work Programme 2016
- European Commission: The Hotspot Approach to Managing Exceptional Migratory Flows, 2016
- Press Release: Hit on migrant smuggling and human trafficking ring operating via the Mediterranean (3 November 2015)
- Press Release: INTERPOL-Europol targets migrant smuggling networks (15 October 2015)
- Final Infographic: Migrant Smuggling (22 February 2015)
- Press Release: Huge Pan-European Operation dismantles Migrant Smuggling network, The Hague (2 December 2014)
- Europol Review 2014
- Press Release: 29 arrested for massive document forgery and smuggling migrants in 5 European countries (1 November 2013)
