Malta: Buying children
17 Jul 2015
On Thursday 9 July police identified a suspect after two women reported a man trying to buy their daughters while walking along the Sliema front. Police said, ‘Investigations are still ongoing to identify the man who…
Police raided homes in the Macedonian village of Vaksintse as part of a people-smuggling investigation - a week after a reporter for Channel 4 News traced a kidnap gang to the area. Four people were arrested…
Building sites could be partially or totally closed if modern slavery practices are found under new powers to be given to Luxembourg's ‘Inspection du travail et des mines’. The body is responsible for checking that employers…
Visiting Chief of Staff of the United States Army General Raymond T Odierno says military exercises in the Baltic States will be of ‘greater sizes’ in the future. With joint exercises the US demonstrates NATO’s collective…
Liechtenstein: Migration smuggling situation
17 Jul 2015
On 9 July, at the invitation of the Luxembourg Presidency of the EU Deputy Prime Minister Thomas Zwiefelhofer, an informal Council of EU Justice and Home Affairs and Schengen associated countries (Liechtenstein, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland)…
Since the annexation of Crimea and the outbreak of the military conflict in eastern Ukraine, the security situation in the Baltic States has become a hot issue. Regular violations of national airspace, increased military trainings and…