Many people smugglers offer illegal crossing of the English Channel via TikTok
Each time an account is reported and closed by the application, the smuggling networks change identifiers to reappear immediately
Polish Border Guard shuts down migrant smuggling gang, nine men arrested
The smuggling gang had been operating in the Podlaskie region, as well as in Lodz, Warsaw and Wroclaw
People smuggling is a business earning big money
People smugglers can earn some €89,000 a year
Greece investigates foreign activists suspected of helping people smugglers
The suspects were set to advise migrants on where to land or which spots to avoid
Police take action against migrant smuggler operation on Balkan route
Suspects are mostly of Syrian, Lebanese and Libyan origin
Greece sues NGOs for smuggling illegal immigrants
Migrant journeys are organized by NGOs as if they were travel agencies
Smugglers are risking more and more, says UN report
According to the UNHCR´s report Desperate Journeys, the number of refugees coming to Europe across the Mediterranean has fallen, but mortality rates have increased.