Interpol has arrested 262 people suspected of involvement in human trafficking in an international operation targeting organised criminal networks. The operation focused on migrant smuggling across the Mediterranean Sea and the West, where investigators worked to disrupt trafficking routes. Arrests were made as part of the wider crackdown on groups accused of running people through smuggling networks linked to human trafficking. The latest development confirms the scale of the arrests in the Interpol-led effort, with the operation aimed at dismantling the criminal networks behind the trafficking and smuggling trade.