Migrant smugglers using private aircraft grounded in Belgium and Italy

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Europol prioritised the case at an early stage, assigning a dedicated analyst and specialist to support the national investigations to identify the members of the criminal network and to dismantle it. Europol facilitated the operational information exchange and provided analytical and financial support. On the action day, Europol activated a Virtual Command Post to facilitate the information exchange in real-time. Europol also deployed three analysts – one to Belgium and two to Italy – to cross-check operational information against Europol’s databases, thus providing further investigative leads to the participating national law enforcement authorities. this content comming from www.europol.europa.eu