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The British Royal Gibraltar Police and the Spanish National Police (Polic\u00eda Nacional) supported by Europol, dismantled an organised criminal group smuggling migrants from Morocco to Europe.<\/p>\n\n
The operation led to 47 arrests, house searches in Gibraltar and Spain and the seizure of \u20ac19 000 in cash, 12 smartphones, five cars and various documents. A total of 16 devices were successfully examined: six mobile phones, four media storage devices and six SIM cards. <\/p>\n\n
The organised crime group, active in Morocco, Gibraltar and Spain, was facilitating the UK visa application procedure in the British embassy in Rabat. Each migrant paid between \u20ac7 000 and \u20ac8 000 to the facilitators. The criminal organisation would have gained about \u20ac1 million from these illegal activities. Drivers, taxi drivers and staff to manage travel tickets \u2013 also part of the organisation \u2013 charged migrants an additional \u20ac100 to \u20ac200 on top of the \u20ac500 to \u20ac700 paid for secondary movements within the EU.
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\nOnce the visas were granted, the migrants arrived in Gibraltar by plane or ferry from Morocco. In Gibraltar they were picked up by members of the organised criminal group and driven to Spain, hidden in off-road vehicles with tinted windows. In Spain, the migrants were provided with temporary accommodation or bus tickets to travel to another part of Spain or cross over to other EU Member States. <\/p>\n\n
Europol supported the investigation with intelligence analysis and facilitated the information exchange. Europol deployed a mobile office in Gibraltar and Spain to cross-check operational information against Europol\u2019s databases. Additionally, forensic extractions of devices were carried out at Europol\u2019s headquarters and the results were analysed by experts from Europol\u2019s European Migrant Smuggling Centre.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n
\n <\/p>\n\n In 2010 the European Union set up a four-year Policy Cycle<\/a> to ensure greater continuity in the fight against serious international and organised crime. In March 2017 the Council of the EU decided to continue the EU Policy Cycle for organised and serious international crime for the 2018 - 2021 period. This multiannual Policy Cycle aims to tackle the most significant threats posed by organised and serious international crime to the EU in a coherent and methodological manner. This is achieved by improving and strengthening cooperation between the relevant services of EU Member States, institutions and agencies, as well as non-EU countries and organisations, including the private sector where relevant. Migrant smuggling<\/a> is one of the priorities for the Policy Cycle.<\/p>\n<\/div>","summary":"The British Royal Gibraltar Police and the Spanish National Police (Polic\u00eda Nacional) supported by Europol, dismantled an organised criminal group smuggling migrants from Morocco to Europe. The operation led to 47 arrests, house searches in Gibraltar and Spain and the seizure of \u20ac19 000 in cash, 12 smartphones, five cars and various documents. 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