Event 1103

{
  "attack_type": "Weaponized Migrants",
  "category": "Border",
  "confidence": "High",
  "country": "Latvia",
  "description": "The Latvian border guard, represented by Raimonds Kublickis, head of the Daugavpils Border Guard, reports the Belarus border migration crisis is driven by criminal business activities. There has been a recent surge in illegal migration attempts crossing from Belarus into Latvia, with organized people-smuggling networks exploiting migrants. Estonia has sent a second Police and Border Guard Board unit to assist Latvia in managing the border. The situation on the ground involves sophisticated smuggling operations, and authorities emphasize that these cases are not just migration issues but serious criminal exploitation.",
  "event_time_utc": "2025-06-13T07:16:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Last week, Estonia's Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) sent a second unit to assist on the Latvian-Belarusian border, after a surge in illegal crossings.",
    "Raimonds Kublickis, head of the Daugavpils Border Guard in Latvia, said the border migration crisis is a 'criminal business'.",
    "People smuggling networks on the Belarus border are becoming more sophisticated and are increasingly organizing illegal border crossings of migrants.",
    "The Latvian border guard describes the situation as involving criminal exploitation through illicit migration and smuggling efforts."
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "evidence": [
          "Last week, Estonia's Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) sent a second unit to assist on the Latvian-Belarusian border, after a surge in illegal crossings.",
          "Raimonds Kublickis, head of the Daugavpils Border Guard in Latvia, said the border migration crisis is a 'criminal business'.",
          "People smuggling networks on the Belarus border are becoming more sophisticated and are increasingly organizing illegal border crossings of migrants.",
          "The Latvian border guard describes the situation as involving criminal exploitation through illicit migration and smuggling efforts."
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "location_text": "Latvia-Belarus border",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_1103_1764404766_35decd8c.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1.0,
  "url": "https://news.err.ee/1609713750/belarus-border-migration-crisis-is-a-criminal-business-says-latvian-border-guard"
}

{
  "source": "admin_quick",
  "tags": [],
  "url": "https://news.err.ee/1609713750/belarus-border-migration-crisis-is-a-criminal-business-says-latvian-border-guard"
}