Ten members of the National Guard (GNR) and one officer from the municipal police (PSP) have been arrested as part of a group of 17 accused of trafficking and exploiting migrants to work in agriculture.
The IOM's global campaign 'Anyone a Victim' brings trafficking survivors' experiences "to the forefront and challenges misconceptions about who is at risk", while seeking to build a broader movement.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has stressed the need to fight human traffickers and stop irregular migration flows towards Europe during an African Union-European Union Summit in Angola.
Officers from the European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex will be deployed in Portuguese airports from January 2026 to help reinforce Portuguese border police.
Four Iraqi migrants were discovered in the back of a refrigerated lorry after the driver heard noises coming from the trailer near the town of Rouen and called the authorities.