Event Brief
UK and Belgium sign police pact to target Channel smugglers
By The BriefBrief · Sources (1)
Filed: Sep 10, 2026 at 5:07 AM ET
Summary: Belgium and the UK signed a Law Enforcement Cooperation Agreement to enhance intelligence sharing and combat Channel smuggling. The deal allows direct, real-time intelligence exchange, including Belgian officers carrying weapons on some Eurostar trains and joining a UK-France intelligence cell in northern France.
WHO: Belgian Interior Minister Bernard Quintin and UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood
WHAT: Belgium and the UK signed a law enforcement cooperation agreement for intelligence sharing against Channel smuggling gangs.
WHEN: Sep 10, 2026
WHERE: London, England
WHY: The agreement was signed to speed up intelligence sharing against gangs behind small boat crossings in the English Channel.
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