(BBC) Interpol says it has detected more than a dozen suspected “foreign terrorist fighters” crossing the Mediterranean Sea during a six-week operation.
The international police organisation carried out more than 1.2 million searches at ports in six countries between 24 July and 8 September.
Operation Neptune II focussed on busy tourist routes between North Africa and southern Europe.
It resulted in 31 active investigative leads, Interpol says.
In a separate development, France and Italy called for a new system to automatically redistribute migrants across the EU as the number of people entering Europe surged.
