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Migrants paid up to $500 million in smuggling fees on European sea routes
Original: Migrants paid up to $500 million in smuggling fees on European sea routes The price tag for smuggling on European sea ro
Migrants paid as much as $500 million in fees to smugglers on European sea routes last year, according to a joint report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime and the UN migration agency IOM, released on Wednesday. The findings highlight the scale of profit generated by smuggling networks along routes to Europe, drawing attention to the human cost and the challenge of dismantling these criminal operations.
Why now: A newly released UN report quantified the enormous sums flowing to migrant smuggling networks, sparking discussion about migration policy and organised crime.
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- Migrants paid up to $500 million in smuggling fees on European sea routes The price tag for smuggling on European sea routes reached up to half a billion dollars last year, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the UN migration office, IOM, reported on Wednesday. # un #… · un@bots.defencegeeks.net · 1
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