Guatemalan Police Officers Arrested in Trafficking Network

Maldives Immigration has detained a group of six expatriates involved in a prostitution network during operations aimed at combating illegal businesses and undocumented migrants. The agency reported that three individuals have already been deported and three more are in the process of deportation, following operations that have seen over 3,000 expatriates deported since their inception. In Guatemala, authorities dismantled a major human trafficking network involving 25 individuals, including 23 active police officers, accused of smuggling migrants to the U.S. The operation, which resulted from an earlier arrest of two individuals transporting migrants from Uzbekistan, highlighted the exploitation of nearly 10,000 migrants by the group known as 'Los Rs.' The U.S. embassy in Guatemala collaborated in the investigation, which also seized vehicles, firearms, and cash. These events underscore the ongoing issues of human trafficking and illegal migration in both regions.