EUNAVFOR MED OPERATION SOPHIA - OBSERVATORY ON MIGRANT SMUGGLING AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING - Operation Sophia

The Observatory will systematically collect, analyse and report on data regarding irregular migrant smuggling and human trafficking. Using the latest computer analysis techniques, the project will provide support to those who seek to identify and prosecute the individuals and criminal organisations involved.

This includes the Italian prosecutors working under the Coordination of the Direzione Nazionale Antimafia.Overall the aim of the Observatory is to enhance the efforts those involved in addressing the many criminal aspects of the irregular migration phenomenon. EUNAVFOR MED Op SOPHIA will be the first to establish this system, but foresees the involvement of many other likeminded European partners and international entities as the project develops.

• EEAS The first European Observatory on Migrant Smuggling and Human Trafficking

• EUNAVFOR MED Operation SOPHIA FIRST EUROPEAN OBSERVATORY