Adil Muhammad, 32, was today ordered to complete 240 hours of community service in lieu of a four-year prison sentence for his role in providing fake passports to six Afghan nationals in 2018.

A humanitarian volunteer from Ireland who was arrested on suspicion of human trafficking in Greece last year remains in legal limbo and still faces a possible prison sentence of 25 years.

The eight men who were discovered hiding on a bulk cargo ship in Waterford yesterday have been deported to the last country of origin.

The Government has again been called on to commit to solutions that allow people to safely and legally escape persecution - after another group of migrants was found trying to enter Ireland in a cargo ship.

Gardaí have launched an investigation after a number of migrants were found aboard a boat in Waterford.

A number of the migrants found on a ship to Rosslare last Thursday have left a Dublin direct provision centre.

One of the teenagers among 39 migrants whose bodies were found in a refrigerated lorry container in Essex in England had gone missing from an asylum centre in the Netherlands.

Security at each of Ireland’s ports should be tightened following the discovery of 16 migrants onboard a truck on a ferry bound for Rosslare.

A 23-year-old man from Northern Ireland has been arrested in connection with the deaths of 39 people found in a lorry in Essex.

Two children are among the 16 migrants found in the back of a lorry on board a Cherbourg to Rosslare ferry yesterday.

A northern Irish man alleged to have delivered the refrigerated trailer in which 39 migrants were found dead last month was travelling on an Irish passport at the time, the High Court has heard.

The Irish man arrested by police in England on suspicion of assisting 15 people with illegal entry into the UK has been released from custody.

A Cork company has confirmed that it owns the lorry in which 15 people were discovered in Wiltshire, England.

he shocking discovery of 39 bodies in a lorry in Essex, in the south-east of England, is a salutary reminder of the dangers of all forms of human trafficking and recalls a similar tragedy in 2000 when the bodies of 58 young Chinese people were found in a container at Dover.

38 people were stopped and spoken to by Gardaí last week on suspicion of having bought sex.

The authors criticised the Government’s failure to obtain a trafficking conviction since the legislation was amended in 2013 and said Ireland does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking.

The Immigrant Council of Ireland helped 23 victims of human trafficking last year.

Gardaí have stopped 36 people in an operation targeting the demand for prostitution.

Gardaí investigating human trafficking, money laundering and prostitution have arrested two women.

A Government-appointed body has cited resource issues for delays in implementing key Garda Inspectorate recommendations regarding the investigation of child sexual abuse.

In a country where only two police officers track how terrorist organisations might use our banking system — so recently dubbed the ‘Wild West’ of European finance — it cannot be surprising that the United Nations has found that human trafficking into Ireland is 50% higher than official figures suggest.

The real rate of human trafficking into Ireland is 50% higher than official figures, a major piece of international research has shown.

Two people remain in custody in the North this morning on suspicion of human trafficking.

It has emerged there were children among the 512 recorded victims of human trafficking in Ireland between 2009 and 2016.

A 24-year-old man from Co. Cork, who flew to Greece to help refugees, has been accused of human trafficking.

Report says lack of ‘people trade’ convictions since 2013 a concern.

Sixteen potential human trafficking victims have been identified by an organisation that has threatened the Government with High Court proceedings unless it halts a permit scheme used by the fishing industry.

Gardaí have raided a number of premises which are suspected to be secretly operating as brothels in Kilkenny and Carlow.

Almost 350 victims of human trafficking networks have been freed after a joint operation involving police from 13 countries made 22 arrests across the Caribbean and South America.

The Irish Naval service LÉ Samuel Beckett is departing today for the Mediterranean to take part in 'Operation Sophia'.

A gang who made a "family business" out of slavery trafficked homeless people from central Europe into the UK and bought and sold them for as little as £200, a court heard.

The number of trafficking victims detected has risen for the third consecutive year, the latest report on the crime has revealed.

Five men believed to be victims of a human trafficking network have been rescued, while a man and woman linked to a car wash business have been arrested.

A Thai army general was one of the most prominent figures found guilty in a major human trafficking trial that included more than 103 defendants accused of involvement in a modern-day slavery trade.

Former ‘Fair City’ actress Lisa Harding has written a novel about human-trafficking in Ireland, says Olivia Kelleher

A man and a woman have been charged with human trafficking in the North.

A 19-year-old woman and a 32-year-old man have been arrested on suspicion of human trafficking in the North.

Two Aer Lingus workers and a Chinese national have been remanded in custody, charged with human trafficking at Dublin Airport.

A nationwide security review of all airports is set to be launched amid concerns the alleged people smuggling at Dublin Airport means Ireland is “wide open to a terrorist attack”.

Three men will appear in court later after an alleged human-trafficking operation was detected at Dublin Airport.