Researchers have developed a portable DNA test designed to help border control officers identify animal and plant species being trafficked through customs checks by wildlife smugglers....
Forty suspected people smugglers have been arrested in an Interpol-led operation targeting traffickers across Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal, the international law enforcement agency said...
Video footage published by CNN last week that appeared to show sub-Saharan migrants being sold at slave markets in Libya has sparked a global outcry, prompting...
An operation coordinated by international police organisation Interpol aimed at strengthening border controls in West Africa has resulted in the rescue of nearly 40 victims of...
An Athens-based people smuggling gang that helped sneak thousands of illegal migrants into UK cities has been broken up by law enforcement agencies including Europol and...
More than 2,000 firearms have been stolen from the South African Police Service (SAPS) over the course of the past four years, an answer to a...
At least five people have died after they drank illicit liquor in an Indian state that has banned alcohol, local officials said on Saturday. The deaths...
Police forces across the UK are failing to tackle rising levels of human trafficking and modern slavery, according to a new report from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate...
The FBI has arrested 120 suspects after rescuing 84 children in a US-wide operation targeting human traffickers who force their young victims into sex work. Operation...
Terrorist organisations including al-Qa’ida, the IRA and Hezbollah rely on smuggling, counterfeiting and piracy to fund up to 20% of their operations, according to a recent...
An American truck driver has pleaded guilty to causing the deaths of 10 undocumented migrants who perished as a result of travelling in a swelteringly hot...
People smugglers are charging migrants up to €7,000 ($8,266) each to be crammed into vehicle engine compartments and trafficked across borders, according to a new report...