Crime ❯ Human Smuggling

Illegal Immigration

Border Security Law Enforcement Criminal Charges Smuggling Networks Border Control Gang Activity Cross-Border Crime Trafficking Maritime Crime Smuggling Gangs

22-Year-Old Indian National Pleads Guilty in Northern Border Smuggling Scheme

Prosecutors credit a joint DOJ–DHS task force focused on northern border smuggling.

Padres Prospect Humberto Cruz Self-Deports to Mexico After Plea in Smuggling Case

UK and France Sign 3-Year Deal to Curb Channel Crossings With Results-Linked Funding

At Least Four Dead After Channel 'Taxi-Boat' Wreck Off Pas-de-Calais

BMA Probes Bus Cleared at Beitbridge Found With 32 Undocumented Passengers

At Least 40 Dead as Migrant Boats Fail Off Turkey, Lampedusa and the English Channel

At Least 22 Migrants Die After Days Adrift Off Crete

More Than 200 Migrants Rescued From Trailer at Xalapa Tow Yard

French Rescue 78 in Channel as Crossings Top 4,000 and UK Presses Tougher France Deal

Returned Channel Migrants Caught Re-Entering by Lorry as Warm Weather Fuels New Crossings

Shamima Begum Accused of Plot to Fund Smuggled Escape to Force UK Return

Diver Describes Severe Head Trauma in Chios Migrant Boat Collision as Death Toll Hits 15

Cranston Inquiry Finds Deaths in 2021 Channel Disaster Were Avoidable, Urges End to Small-Boat Crossings

MMEA Detains Malaysian Man Who Used Illegal Sea Route to Conceal Second Marriage

Harmondsworth Detainees Seek UN Inquiry, Allege Degrading Treatment Under ‘One In, One Out’ Policy

FIA Launches Nationwide Pre-Departure Desks to Help International Travellers

Germany’s 2025 Illegal Entries Fall to 62,526 After Tougher Border Checks

UK Channel Crossings Reach 41,472 in 2025, Second-Highest on Record

Texas Woman Charged After Trying to Cross Rio Grande With Baby During DPS Chase

French Police Unions Stall Channel Boat Interceptions as Prosecutors Reject Immunity