UK Police to Help Crack Down on People Smugglers in North Africa

An undated image of an NCA officer in front of a poster highlighting modern slavery. Alamy/PA

UK police officers are to be tasked with breaking up people-smuggling gangs alongside security forces in North African countries, it has been reported.

The Times of London has been told National Crime Agency (NCA) officers would join nations in the region in their efforts to stop the people traffickers.