Editing Smuggling (section)

===People smuggling===
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With regard to [[people smuggling]], a distinction can be made between people smuggling as a service to those wanting to illegally migrate and the [[Human trafficking|involuntary trafficking of people]]. An estimated 90% of people who illegally crossed the border between [[Mexico]] and the United States are believed to have paid a smuggler to lead them across.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.havocscope.com/90-percent-of-illegal-immigrants-in-us-paid-human-smuggler-in-1990s/ |title=Mexico Human Smuggling |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420152055/http://www.havocscope.com/90-percent-of-illegal-immigrants-in-us-paid-human-smuggler-in-1990s/ |archive-date=2010-04-20 }}</ref>

People smuggling can be used to rescue a person from oppressive circumstances. For example, when the [[Southern United States]] allowed [[slavery]], many slaves moved north via the [[Underground Railroad]]. Similarly, during [[the Holocaust]], [[Jewish people]] were smuggled out of [[Germany]] by people such as [[Algoth Niska]].

In October 2023, Spanish police arrested 11 individuals involved in smuggling migrants hidden in trucks at [[Algeciras]] sea border, connected to a network providing forged documents. In the same month, they dismantled another criminal organization focused on supplying fake documents to migrants in Spain, primarily in the agricultural sector.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-10-17 |title=Spain Arrests 11 People Involved in Migrant Smuggling |language=en |work=The National News |url=https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/news/spain-arrests-11-people-involved-in-migrant-smuggling/ |access-date=2023-11-06}}</ref>