The Eurojust meeting on migrant smuggling (hereinafter ‘the meeting’) was organised by Eurojust in The Hague on 30-31 May 2018, with the support of the Bulgarian EU Presidency.

The meeting was attended by practitioners from the EU Member States, Serbia and Turkey, as well as representatives from the European Commission, Europol, Frontex, European Union Naval Force Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED), the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the North Sea Task Force (NSTF).

The meeting was the third in a series, the first two being in February 2016 and in June 2017. The objective of such meetings is to exchange experience and best practice amongst practitioners and explore avenues to disrupt and dismantle organised crime groups (OCGs) involved in migrant smuggling and encourage referrals to Eurojust.

This meeting focused particularly on outlining emerging modi operandi, exploring opportunities stemming from cooperation with third States and indicating solutions found to respond to the specific features of this crime type, principally using a case-based approach.