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INTERPOL OPERATION ARRESTS 262 SUSPECTS, IDENTIFIES 41 MIGRANT-SMUGGLING NETWORKS ACROSS 16 COUNTRIES
INTERPOL says Operation Communis Maris resulted in 262 arrests and the identification of 41 organized criminal groups involved in migrant smuggling across the Mediterranean and West African Atlantic routes. The October 5–8 operation involved 16 countries, opened 434 new investigations, identified 109 potential human-trafficking victims and detected 1,715 irregular migrants. Of those arrested, 221 are accused of migrant smuggling, 16 of human trafficking and 25 of related offenses including document fraud.
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