Eurojust and Europol's European Migrant Smuggling Centre assisted the German and Danish national authorities in detecting and dismantling an organised crime group (OCG) that used sham marriages with EU citizens to grant permanent residence permits to illegal migrants from Asia.

In Podgorica on 11 June, a high-level Eurojust delegation, headed by its President, took part in a conference titled 'Eurojust and cooperation with third States - Experiences and challenges in the Western Balkan countries' with the participation of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, former Yugoslav...

Migrant smuggling is often part of a lucrative and cruel chain operated by organised crime groups (OCGs) active across national borders. Smugglers are often active in countries outside the EU, with which judicial cooperation can be very difficult. In the period 2015-2017, prosecutors and judges...