Lizards, babies and hummingbirds… 10 weird things people have smuggled
Smugglers will try almost anything to bring goods into a country – even if those goods are live animals… or humans. We take a look at 10 weird cases.
View ArticleRetailers warn Dublin airport is 'a hub' for cigarette smuggling
Retailers Against Smuggling has called for the government to impose a minimum fine for cigarette smuggling.
View ArticleWexford is a hub for smuggling, say retailers
Government must do more to tackle smuggling problem, retailers tell TheJournal.ie, following €1.5m haul of cigarettes in Enniscorthy town yesterday.
View ArticleDerailment of 'The Beast' train kills six
The train was carrying people from Honduras and Guatemala, who are believed to have paid smugglers to let them sit on freight cars.
View ArticleTaoiseach: 'The equivalent of three jumbo jets were lost in the Mediterranean'
Once it has been approved by the UN security council, however.
View ArticleTo stop drownings, Europe should ferry across migrants itself
I am a believer in tight border security, but I cannot turn a blind eye wanton waste of life in the Mediterranean.
View ArticlePeople-smuggling gang sentenced to over 80 years in prison
Immigrants had paid £10,000 before leaving India and were then held hostage at a flat in England.
View ArticleOne killed, at least four injured on French motorway in cross-border police...
Belgian police had tried to check a car at a parking area known to be used by people smugglers when it took off across the border.
View Article"So many people died in the desert. We saw dead bodies, skeletons" - The...
A new UNICEF report is highlighting the treacherous journeys of the world’s migrant and refugee children.
View ArticleAnimal underworld: Exotic pets seized from mobsters are being given a second...
Around 400 exotic animals are rescued every year by Italy’s police and forest guard.
View ArticleMigrants trying to reach Europe being sold as slaves for as little as €200
The slaves are forced to call their families, and beaten while on the phone, to get money demanded for their freedom.
View ArticleAt least 56 people die after human traffickers force 300 off boats and into...
The migrants were being smuggled from Africa to Yemen.
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