Smuggling

Israel Palestinians Gaza

A Palestinian vendor offers bottles of diesel for sale in al-Maghazi refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Gaza

Groundbreaking source cultivation and shoe-leather reporting expose the lucrative, hidden economy of restricted goods entering Gaza

AUG. 28, 2026

Police and other first responders in San Antonio work the scene where dozens of migrants were found dead in an abandoned semitrailer in sweltering Texas heat, June 27, 2022. At least 53 people died in the deadliest tragedy to claim the lives of migrants smuggled across the border from Mexico. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Fatalities

Across borders and formats, AP delivers sweeping, sensitive coverage of migrant smuggling tragedy

JULY 8, 2022

Sailboats used by smugglers to transport migrants are beached on Le Cannelle beach at Isola Capo Rizzuto in the Calabria region of southern Italy, Nov. 13, 2021. Thousands of refugees have arrived in Italy this fall by a lesser-known Calabrian route from Turkey, paying heftier smuggling fees to travel below deck on crammed luxury sailboats that can be less conspicuous than the inflatable boats used in the Central Mediterranean. (AP Photo / Alessandra Tarantino)

Europe

Alert reporting reveals a new European migration tactic — packed luxury sailboats landing in Italy

DEC. 3, 2021

Africa

AP team follows African migrants risking all to reach Saudi Arabia

FEB. 21, 2020

Human trafficking

ONLY ON AP: Tractor-trailer trafficking survivor says people cried for air, begged for water

AUG. 4, 2017

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