Mexico, US agree to create task force to fight human trafficking - China.org.cn

Mexico and the United States agreed Tuesday to form a special task force to combat human trafficking, during a meeting between Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and visiting U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris.

Nigeria flies migrants home from Libya after slavery scare

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has said the Nigerian government has started bringing stranded citizens home from Libya, after a global outcry over reports that migrants there were being sold into slavery.

Scores of ISIS Commanders Escape from Syria to Turkey

The [so-called] "Syrian Observatory for Human Rights" (SOHR) announced on Friday that a large number of senior commanders of the ISIL terrorist group have fled the battlefield and escaped to Turkey.

Grèce: une centaine de migrants secourus en Crète

Cent-trois migrants, en majorité des Irakiens, ont été secourus dans la nuit de mardi à mercredi au large de l'île de Crète (sud de la Grèce) après une panne de leur bateau, a-t-on appris auprès de la police portuaire grecque.

Italy approves Libya coast guard support mission

The Italian cabinet on Friday approved an operational mission to support the Libyan Coast Guard in the fight against migrant traffickers in the Mediterranean Sea.

EU to restrict rubber boat sales to Libya to curb migrant smuggling

The European Union's Foreign Affairs Council on Monday restricted exports of inflatable boats and outboard motors in an effort to curb the smuggling of migrants.

Plus de 900 migrants secourus au large de la Libye

Plus de 900 migrants d'Asie et d'Afrique qui espéraient rejoindre l'Europe ont été secourus au large de la Libye par les gardes-côtes, a indiqué samedi à l'AFP un porte-parole de la marine libyenne.

Italy Rescues 484 Migrants in Mediterranean Finds Seven Bodies

Rescuers saved 484 migrants from boats in the Mediterranean on Saturday and found the bodies of seven men who had died in the attempt to get to Europe, Italy's coast guard said.

Over 100 arrested as Syrian drugs, arms trafficking network busted

A huge haul of arms and drugs was seized from a trafficking network run by Syrian nationals, Spain's police said Tuesday.

Egypt: 170 bodies found so far in refugee boat disaster

An Egyptian Health Ministry official said a total of 170 bodies have been pulled from the water as of Monday, five days after a boat carrying about 600 migrants and refugees capsised in the Mediterranean while attempting to head to Europe.

162 bodies retrieved in Mediterranean's Egyptian migrant boat capsizing

The death toll from the capsizing of a migrant boat off the coast of Egypt has risen to 162 on Friday afternoon after Egypt's naval forces retrieved 107 bodies in the past several hours, with the authorities expecting to recover more bodies in the coming hours. 

Egypt arrests four suspects over migrant boat sinking

Egyptian authorities on Thursday ordered the arrest of four crew members of a migrant boat that capsized Wednesday near Egypt's northern coast in which 52 migrants died, state-run MENA news agency reported.

Bulgaria arrests four cops for taking bribes to help migrant traffickers

Four police from the district police directorate in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia have been arrested on suspicion of acting as an organised crime group, accepting large bribes to assist traffickers of migrants.

Migrants who couldn't pay fare 'killed and organs harvested'

 People smuggers murdered migrants who were unable to pay for their passage across the Mediterranean, harvested their organs and sold them to Egyptian traffickers, an Eritrean informant allegedly told Italian prosecutors.

Hundreds of bodies washed up on Libyan beach after migrant boat sinks

The bodies of at least 104 migrants have washed up on a beach in the western Libyan town of Zwara, the navy said on Friday, warning however that the toll could rise.

UK to send a Royal Navy warship to Libya

The UK is set to send a Royal Navy warship to the Mediterranean to help tackle arms smuggling in Libya, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced.

Traficantes de personas ganaron más de 5 mil millones de dólares en 2015

Los traficantes de personas ganaron más de 5.000 millones de dólares con la ola de inmigrantes que entraron en el sur de Europa el año pasado, según un informe divulgado este martes por las agencias internacionales de lucha contra el crimen Interpol y Europol.

Turkey, Bulgaria sign readmission protocol

Turkey and Bulgaria on Thursday signed a readmission agreement linked to the EU-Turkey refugee deal that came into force on March 20.

Libya unity govt seeks EU accord on migrants

Libya’s Vice President Ahmed Maetig has expressed hope that the European Union will enter into an agreement with his country similar to that between the EU and Turkey restricting the flow of migrants to Europe.

Boiko Borissov: Bulgaria can protect its borders – even without Nato

Observing a maritime exercise off Bourgas on April 10, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov boasted that his country’s military and border guards could alone protect its borders: “There is no need for Nato to come to protect us”.