people smuggling

Ukraine is claiming hundreds of its nationals are being investigated by the Greek authorities for their alleged role in people smuggling. The country's foreign ministry has said police in Italy and Greece have detained or investigated 250 Ukrainian sailors. State Secretary...

Four people convicted in Greece of running an international migrant smuggling outfit, have been sent to jail for 1,400 years. The convictions follow an international police operation which saw 112 migrants rescued from a cave and farm buildings in southern...

Ukrainian media are reporting claims that Ukrainian nationals convicted and jailed in Greece for people smuggling are receiving longer sentences than other nationalities imprisoned for the same offence. The claims follow Monday’s sentencing of a 40-year-old Ukrainian sailor identified as...