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Luxembourg Labels Crypto Firms as High-Risk Entities for Money Laundering
Luxembourg, in its 2025 National Risk Assessment (NRA) report, the country said that crypto companies are at a high risk of being exploited by money launderers. The report also highlighted that human traffickers and migrant smugglers in the region are heavily relying on cryptocurrencies to accumulate, hold, and transfer illicit earnings.
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Some Migrants Turn To Pricey Smugglers, Riskier Routes After Trump Action
After Honduran migrant Alex Diaz' US asylum appointment was cancelled following Donald Trump's immigration and border crackdown, the 23-year-old former bus driver began considering what he had been determined to avoid: entering the US illegally.
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"Want To Go Home To My Mother": Teen Migrant Abandoned In Texas Rescued
An 18-year-old Mexican migrant breaks down in tears as the sheriff comes to his rescue, abandoned by smugglers who left him behind due to his inability.
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Indian Migrant Workers Used As "Gold Mules" By Singapore Smugglers: Report
Smugglers in Singapore have been approaching Indian migrant workers flying home via Changi Airport to act as 'gold mules' by carrying jewellery in exchange for a fee, according to a media report on Sunday.
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8 Killed In US Car Collision As Police Chased Alleged Migrant Smuggler
Eight people, several of them from Honduras, were killed Wednesday in a two-car collision in the southern US state of Texas involving an alleged migrant smuggler attempting to evade arrest, officials said.
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59 Migrants, Including 11 Children, Dead After Boast Sinks Off Italy Coast
Italian coastguards said the overloaded vessel broke up in violent waves off Crotone, with one officer reporting that a suspected people smuggler had been arrested by the security forces.
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UK's Suella Braverman Vows Action After "Terrible Tragedy" Of Migrant Deaths
Britain's Home Secretary Suella Braverman on Wednesday pledged to work hard to destroy the business model of "people smugglers" after the deaths of four migrants attempting to cross the English Channel to reach the UK border illegally in a small boat
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US Opens Probe As 51 Migrants Die In Sweltering Truck
The death count of undocumented migrants who were abandoned in a scorching-hot trailer in Texas rose to 51 Tuesday, as President Joe Biden blamed "criminal" professional smugglers for the tragedy.
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Flights, Fake Passports, Lawyers: $5000 "VIP Packages" Enticing Vietnamese To UK
For up to $50,000, Vietnamese migrants can get the "VIP package" to Britain -- flight, fake passport and even a lawyer -- illegal, but billed as safer than cheaper overland routes by people smugglers who provide a menu of options for those trying to reach the UK.
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90 Migrants, Mostly Pakistanis, Feared Dead In Shipwreck Off Libya: IOM
An estimated 90 migrants are feared to have drowned off the coast of Libya after a smuggler's boat capsized early on Friday, leaving three known survivors and 10 bodies washed up on shore, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said.
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Luxembourg Labels Crypto Firms as High-Risk Entities for Money Laundering
Luxembourg, in its 2025 National Risk Assessment (NRA) report, the country said that crypto companies are at a high risk of being exploited by money launderers. The report also highlighted that human traffickers and migrant smugglers in the region are heavily relying on cryptocurrencies to accumulate, hold, and transfer illicit earnings.
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Some Migrants Turn To Pricey Smugglers, Riskier Routes After Trump Action
After Honduran migrant Alex Diaz' US asylum appointment was cancelled following Donald Trump's immigration and border crackdown, the 23-year-old former bus driver began considering what he had been determined to avoid: entering the US illegally.
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"Want To Go Home To My Mother": Teen Migrant Abandoned In Texas Rescued
An 18-year-old Mexican migrant breaks down in tears as the sheriff comes to his rescue, abandoned by smugglers who left him behind due to his inability.
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Indian Migrant Workers Used As "Gold Mules" By Singapore Smugglers: Report
Smugglers in Singapore have been approaching Indian migrant workers flying home via Changi Airport to act as 'gold mules' by carrying jewellery in exchange for a fee, according to a media report on Sunday.
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8 Killed In US Car Collision As Police Chased Alleged Migrant Smuggler
Eight people, several of them from Honduras, were killed Wednesday in a two-car collision in the southern US state of Texas involving an alleged migrant smuggler attempting to evade arrest, officials said.
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59 Migrants, Including 11 Children, Dead After Boast Sinks Off Italy Coast
Italian coastguards said the overloaded vessel broke up in violent waves off Crotone, with one officer reporting that a suspected people smuggler had been arrested by the security forces.
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UK's Suella Braverman Vows Action After "Terrible Tragedy" Of Migrant Deaths
Britain's Home Secretary Suella Braverman on Wednesday pledged to work hard to destroy the business model of "people smugglers" after the deaths of four migrants attempting to cross the English Channel to reach the UK border illegally in a small boat
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US Opens Probe As 51 Migrants Die In Sweltering Truck
The death count of undocumented migrants who were abandoned in a scorching-hot trailer in Texas rose to 51 Tuesday, as President Joe Biden blamed "criminal" professional smugglers for the tragedy.
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Flights, Fake Passports, Lawyers: $5000 "VIP Packages" Enticing Vietnamese To UK
For up to $50,000, Vietnamese migrants can get the "VIP package" to Britain -- flight, fake passport and even a lawyer -- illegal, but billed as safer than cheaper overland routes by people smugglers who provide a menu of options for those trying to reach the UK.
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90 Migrants, Mostly Pakistanis, Feared Dead In Shipwreck Off Libya: IOM
An estimated 90 migrants are feared to have drowned off the coast of Libya after a smuggler's boat capsized early on Friday, leaving three known survivors and 10 bodies washed up on shore, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said.
