Event 995

{
  "attack_type": "Weaponized Migrants",
  "category": "Border",
  "confidence": "High",
  "countries": [
    "Latvia",
    "International",
    "European Union",
    "Hungary",
    "Czechia",
    "Bosnia and Herzegovina",
    "Poland",
    "Moldova",
    "Serbia"
  ],
  "country": "Latvia",
  "description": "The Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (ĀM) warns about the active recruitment of migrant transporters through foreign job offers, organized by international criminal groups in several European countries including Hungary, Czechia, Croatia, Slovenia, Poland, and Serbia. This activity involves recruiting migrants for transportation, including smuggling migrants into Latvia and other Baltic states, with the goal of facilitating illegal border crossings. The ministry urges critical evaluation of foreign job offers as a countermeasure against this exploitation and provides contact information for reporting suspicious activity. Profiles of about twenty transporters identified are usually men aged 20-40, who travel with vehicles between Latvia, Hungary, Serbia, and Poland. The warning emphasizes increased vigilance given recent trends and the broader migration pressure on Latvia's borders.",
  "event_time_utc": "2025-06-06T01:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Socials tīklos viens starptautiskās organizētās noziedzības grupējumi aktīvi vervē Latvijas valsts piederīgos",
    "piedāvājot pārvadātāju darbu Eiropas valstīs – Ungārijā",
    "Čehijā",
    "Horvātijā",
    "Slovēnijā",
    "Polijā un Serbijā.",
    "Arī Ārlietu ministrija (ĀM) norāda",
    "ka caur darba piedāvājumiem aktīvi vervē Latvijas valstspiederīgos.",
    "Īpaši aizturēti vairāki desmiti pārvadātāju no Latvijas 2024. gada Ungārijā",
    "Slovēnijā",
    "Horvātijā un Polijā.",
    "Vidējais aizturētas personas profils ir 20-40 gadus vecs vīrietis",
    "kurš ar Latvijā vai kādā citā valstī ņemtu mikroautobusu vai vieglo automašīnu ir vedis migrantu uz kādu no Eiropas Savienības dalībvalstīm.",
    "ĀM aicina kritiski vērtēt darba piedāvājumus ārvalstīs – caur tiem aktīvi vervē migrantu pārvadātājus."
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "extra": {
            "extra": {
              "review": {
                "note": "Added new tags, clicked 'Ongoing' as this is an international criminal operation in progress. This is about active recruitment of migrant transporters through foreign job offers, organized by international criminal groups in several European countries to bring migrants into the EU.",
                "sources_verified": false
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_notes": "This is about active recruitment of migrant transporters through foreign job offers, organized by international criminal groups in several European countries.",
  "investigation_open": true,
  "is_continuous": true,
  "location_text": "Latvia",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_995_1764280256_83487ecb.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "This event reflects deliberate exploitation of labor offers by organized crime to facilitate migrant smuggling into Latvia and the EU. The Latvian Foreign Ministry's public warning suggests increasing intelligence sharing and border vigilance. Monitoring should focus on recruitment patterns, suspicious transport activity, and effects on Latvia's border security and migration flows.",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1.0,
  "tags": [
    "Recruitment",
    "Organized Crime",
    "Exploitation"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/latvija/06.06.2025-am-aicina-kritiski-vertet-darba-piedavajumus-arvalstis-caur-tiem-aktivi-verve-migrantu-parvadatajus.a602105/"
}

{
  "source": "admin_quick",
  "tags": [],
  "url": "https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/latvija/06.06.2025-am-aicina-kritiski-vertet-darba-piedavajumus-arvalstis-caur-tiem-aktivi-verve-migrantu-parvadatajus.a602105/"
}