西班牙领导的国际警察行动于6月16日瓦解了一个在西地中海活动的大型走私犯罪网络，共逮捕78人，其中包括西班牙77人和阿尔及利亚1人[1]。该网络被列为地中海地区最大的海上人口贩运犯罪组织之一，至少进行了64次移民走私行动，涉及2000多名移民，非法获利超过2400万欧元[1]。此次行动由法国、波兰、葡萄牙及欧洲警察组织参与配合[1]。
执法部门在行动中缴获了18艘摩托艇、毒品、卫星电话、手枪和超过25000欧元现金[1]。西班牙民警表示，该网络成员"使用极其暴力的方法来保护船只并抵抗执法"[1]。欧洲警察组织调查发现，走私者"实施了性侵犯、身体虐待，并将移民置于临时住房的不人道条件下"[1]。
An international police operation led by Spain on June 16, 2024, successfully dismantled one of the Mediterranean region's largest maritime human trafficking criminal organizations [1]. The coordinated raid, involving authorities from Spain, France, Poland, Portugal, and the European Police Office, resulted in the arrest of 78 suspects—77 from Spain and one from Algeria [1].
The criminal network had orchestrated at least 64 smuggling operations across the western Mediterranean, trafficking over 2,000 migrants and generating proceeds exceeding 24 million euros [1]. Investigators seized 18 speedboats, drugs, satellite phones, a pistol, and more than 25,000 euros in cash [1]. According to Spanish Civil Guard officials, the smugglers "used extremely violent methods to protect vessels and resist law enforcement" [1]. The European Police Office stated that investigators believed the traffickers "perpetrated sexual assault, physical abuse, and subjected migrants to inhumane conditions in temporary housing" [1].