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U.S. Coast Guard Suspends Search After 16 Rescued and About 11 Missing Off Baja California

Federal authorities have opened an investigation and are interviewing survivors to determine the vessel's origin and whether smugglers were involved.

Multiple Sea Disasters Trigger Large Search-and-Rescue Operations Off Baja California, Canary Islands and West Africa

Coast Guard Exchanged Gunfire on Rio Grande as U.S. Troops Move Into Rio Grande Valley

Three Killed After Mega‑Dinghy Runs Into Trouble Off Northern France

Smugglers Turn to Mega‑Dinghies as UK‑French Crackdown Drains Small‑Boat Supply

Migrant Boat Capsizes Off Southern Tunisia, Eight Bodies Recovered

European Police Break Up Large Algeria-to-Southern Europe Smuggling Networks

Pakistan Presents Anti-Smuggling Drive As International Model

Roslyn Man Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Scheme Tied to IRGC and Child Sex Abuse Material

Smuggling Gangs Shift Channel Launches to Belgian Beaches

Alnour Mohamed Ali Charged Over Channel ‘Taxi Boat’ Deaths

Europol Dismantles Vietnam-to-UK Smuggling Network in French-Led Raids

UN Says Hundreds May Be Missing After Central Mediterranean Shipwrecks

Gambia Migrant Boat Capsize Leaves 7 Dead, Dozens Missing as 102 Rescued

PM Shehbaz Forms Panel to Probe Passenger Offloading at Airports

Naqvi Orders Airport Crackdown on Visa Agents, Vows No Offloading of Legitimate Travelers

FIA Rejects Claims of Blanket Off‑Loading, Cites Focus on Fraudulent Documents and Smuggling Risks

Pakistan Foils Turbat Smuggling Attempt to Iran, 29 Afghans Detained

At Least 14 Dead After Migrant Dinghy Sinks Off Turkey’s Bodrum Coast

Spain and Algeria Agree to Reinforce Fight Against Human-Smuggling Networks After Balearic Arrivals Surge 75%