This month, Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, and German authorities led an international operation focused on people smuggling and trafficking in human beings at airports.
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Frontex and Germany led operation against people smuggling and trafficking at airports
2017-09-22
The action took place between 5 and 14 September at 39 European airports in and outside the European Union.
As a result, eight people suspected of facilitation of illegal immigration, trafficking in human beings and the supply of false documents were arrested. During the action, 16 falsified and counterfeit documents were also seized.
Known as Joint Action Day Aeolos, the operation was coordinated by Frontex under the umbrella of the European Multidisciplinary Platform against Criminal Threats (EMPACT). Aeolos is one of many joint action days taking place this year, which collectively are called Operation Dragon 2017. They bring together Member States police forces, European agencies (Frontex and Europol), as well as Interpol, in the fight against organised crime.
Interpol and Europol officers were deployed to two selected airports to combat transnational crime at the airports.