Serbia’s decision to shut down its visa-free schemes has reduced the number of migrants travelling from countries such as Burundi, Cuba, and India, but the EU’s latest quota system does nothing to help the fight against illegal migration.
Organized drug gangs, with their vast resources, threaten to undermine democracy and the rule of law as they seek to corrupt port officials, courts, local governments, and police officers, said Europol chief Catherine De Bolle.
Europol’s annual report states that of 380 people arrested across all 27 member states last year on suspicion of terror-related offenses, 266 people, or 70% of those arrested, were arrested for jihadist offenses.
More than a hundred members of the ’Ndrangheta are currently being investigated for drug trafficking; arms trafficking; money laundering; various frauds and tax offences.
Frontex refused to state which NGOs specifically had their details passed onto Europol, but did not rule out the possibility of the information being used in future prosecutions.
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