Event 610

{
  "attack_type": "Weaponized Migrants",
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "Poland",
    "Belarus",
    "PL"
  ],
  "border_violation_modes": [
    "Land"
  ],
  "category": "Border",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "countries": [
    "Poland",
    "Belarus",
    "Russia",
    "Germany",
    "Ukraine",
    "Austria",
    "Czechia",
    "Slovakia",
    "Lithuania",
    "Hungary"
  ],
  "country": "Poland",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "Polish authorities, supported by Europol, arrested 11 suspected members of a criminal network smuggling migrants from Belarus and Russia to the EU via Poland. The suspects include Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian nationals, with the operation involving multiple searches and seizures. The group is estimated to have smuggled around 600 migrants, primarily transporting them from the Belarusian border to Germany and other EU states.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-10-16T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Official Europol press release, headline and detailed incident summary.",
    "Clear statement of arrests, border crossings, countries involved, and modus operandi targeting the EU."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Polish authorities arrest 11 suspected of smuggling migrants from Belarus and Russia to the EU via Poland",
    "The action days between 14 and 16 October led to: 11 arrests of mainly Polish, Russian and Ukrainian nationals",
    "The criminal network is estimated to have smuggled around 600 illegal migrants.",
    "The criminal network mainly transported migrants from the Belarusian border to the German border."
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Weaponized Migrants",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Official Europol press release, headline and detailed incident summary.",
            "Clear statement of arrests, border crossings, countries involved, and modus operandi targeting the EU."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "fifth_column_countries": [
    "PL"
  ],
  "follow_up_by_country": [
    {
      "country": "Poland",
      "notes": "11 suspects arrested for migrant smuggling.",
      "status": "Arrest/Detention"
    }
  ],
  "headline": "Network smuggling migrants via Belarus busted in Poland",
  "is_continuous": false,
  "location_text": "Poland",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_610_1763932660_94de269a.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Kremlin-linked criminal infrastructure. \"\n?? Polish authorities arrest 11 suspected of smuggling migrants from ??Belarus and ?? Russia to the EU via Poland\"",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/network-smuggling-migrants-belarus-busted-in-poland"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Polish authorities dismantled a migrant smuggling network operating via Belarus, arresting 11 suspects involved in transporting migrants into the EU.",
  "url": "https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/network-smuggling-migrants-belarus-busted-in-poland"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "PL",
  "Attack Type": "Weaponized Migrants",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "PL",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "PL",
  "Date": "16-Oct-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": "Kremlin-linked criminal infrastructure. \"\n?? Polish authorities arrest 11 suspected of smuggling migrants from ??Belarus and ?? Russia to the EU via Poland\"",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "\n?? Polish authorities arrest 11 suspected of smuggling migrants from ??Belarus and ?? Russia to the EU via Poland",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/network-smuggling-migrants-belarus-busted-in-poland",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}