Organized criminal network involved in irregular migrant smuggling from Kosovo to the EU dismantled

A pan-european operation dismantled a migrant smuggling network, generating 77 arrests.

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Source: Europol

With the support of Europol and Eurojust and nearly 400 law enforcement officers, 77 individuals suspected of large-scale irregular migrant smuggling from Kosovo to the EU have been arrested in Austria, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia and Kosovo. Hungary and other EU Member States cooperated closely with law enforcement authorities in non-EU countries and with the Kosovo Police in particular, to ensure the operation's success.

This common action is the first tangible result of Operation FALKO, operational action 2.1, initiated by Hungary, within the EMPACT Illegal Immigration Operational Action Plan 2015. Operation Falko was initiated by Hungary in 2015 after a sharp increase in the number of illegal migrants from Kosovo entering the EU in late 2014 and earlier 2015.

Publication Date: Fri 27 Mar 2015
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