The digital dimension of migrant smuggling is rapidly expanding in both scale and complexity. Smugglers use online platforms, encrypted communications, and cryptocurrencies to advertise, recruit, and coordinate across borders with unprecedented reach. Digital smuggling is inherently transnational. A single online post can mobilise operations across multiple countries, highlighting the urgent need...

As we come together to celebrate the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace, the world is in turmoil, with many crises still unresolved, as in Ukraine, where Russia continues to wage its war of aggression. The world wants and deserves peace, not only in Ukraine and the Middle East but right across the globe. This day serves as a crucial reminder of what we can achieve when we...

Please find the link below to the latest information about the ETIAS travel documentation for travel to Europe which is due to be implemented in late-2026.

On 10 March 2025, the European Union together with the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), co-hosted a side event at the 68 th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), taking place this week in Vienna.