In Burgenland, two smuggling operations were stopped as part of a focal action.

"Smuggling is an inhumane form of organized crime that also accepts the death of people," commented Interior Minister Gerhard Karner on the latest success against the smuggling mafia.

On August 11, 2022, police were able to apprehend a 38-year-old Uzbek who wanted to illegally bring seven Afghan and one Indian citizen from Hungary to Austria in the district of Oberwart. The same was planned by a criminal with five Turkish and two Iraqi nationals in the district of Neusiedl am See, who was also stopped by the security authorities.

Since the beginning of the year, more than 325 smugglers have been arrested throughout the country. Burgenland recorded the most apprehensions at the Austrian-Hungarian border. Mixed border patrols and drones are used in the fight against human smuggling.