Event 362

{
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "Finland",
    "Latvia",
    "Russia",
    "Belarus",
    "Lithuania",
    "Estonia"
  ],
  "border_violation_modes": [
    "Land"
  ],
  "category": "Border",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Structured reporting from Finland's national broadcaster, direct police statements, and named suspects with specific investigative actions confirmed.",
  "countries": [
    "Finland",
    "Latvia",
    "Russia",
    "Belarus",
    "Lithuania",
    "Estonia",
    "Bangladesh",
    "Sri Lanka",
    "Egypt",
    "Syria",
    "Kuwait",
    "Tajikistan"
  ],
  "country": "Finland",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "Migrant smuggling from Africa via ??  Belarus.  The border guard investigated the extensive smuggling of people through ?? Finland   the journey through many countries was made by more than a hundred people. An aggravated organisation of illegal immigration is suspected of being legally resident Iraqi brothers in ?? Latvia. The people imported were citizens of several countries, including Iran, Iraq, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Syria, Cameroon, Cuba and Tajikistan. There were children among them.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-05-14T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Yle's reporting and police sources confirm more than 100 people smuggled through Finland as part of an internationally organized ring.",
    "Suspects include Iraqi brothers residing legally in Latvia, and routes spanned multiple European and Asian countries."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Rajavartiolaitos kertoo paljastaneensa laajan ihmissalakuljetusringin, jonka kautta Suomeen kuljetettiin kulkutuksin yli sata ihmistä kansainvälisesti.",
    "Törkeästä laittoman maahantulon järjestämisestä epäillään Latviassa laillisesti oleskelleita irakilaisveljeksiä.",
    "Ihmisiä kuljetettiin Suomeen Venäjän, Valko-Venäjän, Liettuan, Latvian ja Viron kautta. Osan matka on alkanut Bangladeshista, Sri Lankasta, Egyptistä, Syyriasta, Kuwaitista ja Tadzikistanista.",
    "Helsingin satamassa syyskuussa 2023 kiinni otetuista on koko esitutkinnan aikana ollut vangittuna seitsemän henkilöä."
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://yle.fi/a/74-20088604"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Migrants. Human Trafficking",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Yle's reporting and police sources confirm more than 100 people smuggled through Finland as part of an internationally organized ring.",
            "Suspects include Iraqi brothers residing legally in Latvia, and routes spanned multiple European and Asian countries."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "fifth_column_countries": [
    "FI",
    "LV",
    "EE"
  ],
  "follow_up_by_country": [
    {
      "country": "Finland",
      "notes": "Ongoing criminal investigation; several detentions.",
      "status": "Investigation"
    },
    {
      "country": "Latvia",
      "notes": "Suspects reside in Latvia; cross-border cooperation.",
      "status": "Investigation"
    }
  ],
  "headline": "Rajavartiolaitos tutki Suomen läpi kulkenutta laajaa ihmissalakuljetusta – monen maan halki kulkeneen matkan teki yli sata ihmistä",
  "location_text": "Finland; Helsinki sea port and border routes",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_362_1763924463_7e719a9b.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Migrants. Human Trafficking",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://yle.fi/a/74-20088604"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Finnish Border Guard uncovers extensive human smuggling operation involving over 100 people, with suspects in Latvia and transit through several countries.",
  "url": "https://yle.fi/a/74-20088604"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "FI, LV, EE",
  "Attack Type": "Migrants. Human Trafficking",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "FI;EE;LV",
  "Date": "14-May-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "Migrants. Human Trafficking",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "Migrant smuggling from Africa via ??  Belarus.  The border guard investigated the extensive smuggling of people through ?? Finland   the journey through many countries was made by more than a hundred people. An aggravated organisation of illegal immigration is suspected of being legally resident Iraqi brothers in ?? Latvia. The people imported were citizens of several countries, including Iran, Iraq, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Syria, Cameroon, Cuba and Tajikistan. There were children among them.",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://yle.fi/a/74-20088604",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}