On the 1st May 2024, 711 migrants successfully crossed the Channel between France and the UK in small boats. This year is so far on track to see the highest number of crossings on record.This highly industrialised illicit industry estimated to be worth hundreds of millions of Euros, has seen the coast of northern France demarcated between competing gangs from a specific region of the Middle East, and who have a long history of smuggling. They control the entire length of the route, from beginning to end - targeting prospective migrants through social media, offering package deals, and advice on how to speak to authorities on arrival. Some migrants even use their own knowledge of the trip to become smugglers themselves.In this episode we take a look at the criminal groups behind the small boat crossings; how organised the logistics are; how much money they make and where it goes; and finally what this could mean for the future of other illicit economies in Western Europe.Speaker(s):Tuesday Reitano, Deputy Director of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, author of the book Migrant, Refugee, Smuggler, Saviour. Author of the report Small Boats, Big Business: The Industrialization of Cross-Channel Migrant Smuggling.Julien Goudichaud, documentary filmmaker who has been reporting on people smugglers who operate in Calais.Afshin Ismaeli, a journalist and war photographer from Norway.Links:(GI Paper) <a href="https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/english-channel-migrant-people-smuggling-france-uk-kurdish-gangs-crime/#:~:text=This%20report%20explores%20how%20the,rigid%20inflatable%20boats%20(RIBs)." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Small Boats, Big Business: The Industrialization of Cross-Channel Migrant Smuggling</a> - available in English & French(Book) <a href="https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/migrant-refugee-smuggler-saviour/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Migrant, Refugee, Smuggler, Saviour</a>(GI Paper) <a href="https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/report-the-human-conveyor-belt-trends-in-human-trafficking-and-smuggling-in-post-revolution-libya/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Human Conveyor Belt: Trends in human trafficking and smuggling in post-revolution Libya</a>(GI Analysis) <a href="https://riskbulletins.globalinitiative.net/see-obs-014/01-an-increasing-number-of-albanians-crossing-the-english-channel.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">An increasing number of Albanians are crossing the English Channel from France using small boats</a>(GI Analysis) <a href="https://riskbulletins.globalinitiative.net/see-obs-018/01-western-balkan-criminal-groups-netherlands.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Western Balkan criminal groups are important players in the Netherlands</a>Additional Linkshttps://calaismigrantsolidarity.wordpress.com/deaths-at-the-calais-border/https://www.duvarenglish.com/illegal-networks-in-turkey-said-to-be-providing-fake-passports-to-isis-members-to-travel-to-west-news-60262https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/16-arrests-vietnamese-network-smuggling-migrants-across-english-channel-bustedhttps://www.migrationwatchuk.org/channel-crossings-trackerhttps://news.sky.com/story/more-than-700-people-cross-channel-in-busiest-day-of-the-year-so-far-13127430https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/migrants-detected-crossing-the-english-channel-in-small-boatshttps://labour.org.uk/updates/stories/labours-immigration-and-border-policy-stop-small-boats/https://www.bbc.com/news/explainers-61782866https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/five-high-value-targets-arrested-one-of-largest-networks-smuggling-migrants-across-english-channel-haltedhttps://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/39-arrests-in-cross-border-operation-against-migrant-smuggling-in-small-boats-across-english-channelhttps://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20220923-france-busts-people-smugglers-accused-of-making-thousands-from-channel-crossingshttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/16/decathlon-stops-canoe-sales-in-northern-france-to-curb-migrant-crossingshttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/migrants-detected-crossing-the-english-channel-in-small-boats/migrants-detected-crossing-the-english-channel-in-small-boats-last-7-dayshttps://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/50834/inside-frances-battle-against-migrant-smugglers-a-closer-lookhttps://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/convicted-the-east-london-money-launderer-who-took-payments-for-small-boats-crossingshttps://www.facebook.com/NCA/videos/-arrest-footagea-man-investigated-by-the-nca-for-laundering-money-made-by-people/1573557123417557/https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/man-convicted-running-illegal-financial-service-people-smugglershttps://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/gang-leader-who-bragged-of-smuggling-more-than-100-women-into-uk-jailed-for-10-yearshttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/migrant-channel-crossings-europol-nca-arrests-b2116830.htmlhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67145474https://news.sky.com/video/former-landlady-of-hewa-rahimpur-says-she-is-in-shock-over-people-smuggling-allegations-12956583https://news.sky.com/story/hewa-rahimpur-gang-leader-who-smuggled-up-to-10-000-migrants-across-channel-jailed-12986202https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/prolific-small-boats-people-smuggling-network-dismantled-as-part-of-international-operationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC85bBq8MXohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuZjG3UCufghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv2mJtx9o5M&t=53shttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/gunfights-between-channel-smugglers-jns9dcntjhttps://www.hrw.org/report/2015/06/19/mediterranean-migration-crisis/why-people-flee-what-eu-should-dohttps://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/663cdb73bd01f5ed3279386c/07_May_2024_Small_boats_-_time_series.odshttps://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/channel-migrants-small-boats-asylum-rwanda-b1155217.html

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