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HeadlinesHuman trafficker who tortured migrants in Libya jailed for 20 years in Netherlands
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Spanish police break up gang accused of forcing migrants into slave-like work
Date: December 4, 2025
MADRID, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Spanish police have dismantled a crime ring accused of bringing in hundreds of foreign migrants irregularly to work at farms across eastern Spain in what the Interior...
Dutch prosecutors seek 20-year prison sentence for Eritrea-Libya trafficking suspect
Date: November 19, 2025
By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Prosecutors in the Netherlands on Wednesday asked judges to convict an Eritrean suspect accused of being a notorious trafficker who tortured African...
Spanish police break up ring accused of trafficking minors to France
Date: November 13, 2025
(Reuters) -Spanish police said on Thursday they had dismantled an international crime ring accused of trafficking minors from the Canary Islands to France, arresting 11 people in an operation that...
Police raids target first Spanish cell of 'Tren de Aragua' crime ring
Date: November 7, 2025
MADRID (Reuters) -Police said on Friday they had arrested 13 people accused of belonging to the first cell of Venezuela's "Tren de Aragua" crime gang detected in Spain, following raids in five cities....
Suspect tells Dutch court he's not alleged key figure in Eritrea-Libya trafficking ring
Date: November 3, 2025
THE HAGUE (Reuters) -An Eritrean man accused of being a trafficker who tortured and extorted money from African refugees and migrants heading for Europe in warehouses in Libya, told Dutch judges on...
UK sanctions Balkan people-smuggling gangs ahead of summit in London
Date: October 22, 2025
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain added 13 new sanctions designations under its global irregular migration and trafficking in persons regime, a government update showed on Wednesday. (Reporting by Sam...