Authorities in Croatia reported a nearly 40 percent increase in arrests for smuggling, with 1,430 individuals detained this year. Meanwhile, the interception of irregular migrants has dropped by 60 percent to just under 22,000.
The Croatian interior ministry announced that it had arrested 1,430 people for smuggling so far this year — nearly 40 percent more compared to the same period in 2023.
While it did not disclose the nationality of those arrested, officials explained earlier this year that 80 percent of all smugglers were foreign nationals, coming mostly from Bosnia, Romania, Ukraine and Serbia.
