31.   The team had been investigating the alleged people smuggler for about two years and were waiting for him to enter Australian jurisdiction.

32.   The route is used daily by people smugglers, who illegally transport people from Iraq, Afghanistan and a variety of other countries to Greece.

33.   The Tampa had rescued the people from a sinking Indonesian ferry hired by people smugglers to get them to Australia.

34.   Under a tough new policy adopted in August, Australia no longer allows asylum seekers who arrive on boats operated by people smugglers to set foot on its mainland.

35.   Warning that New Zealand should not be seen as an easy target for people smugglers, a judge Wednesday ordered a Saudi citizen to leave the country within days.

36.   Wirayuda suggested the conference to Downer after tensions between the two governments built up over people smugglers using Indonesia as a transit point to ship asylum seekers to Australia.

37.   In particular, it aimed to increase jail sentences for people smugglers and toughen the conditions for granting asylum, to bring Spain into line with European Union directives.

38.   Australia and Indonesia both complain that it is difficult to prosecute suspected people smugglers.

39.   The overthrow of the Taliban had helped stem the tide of refugees fleeing Afghanistan and falling prey to people smugglers, Downer said.

40.   They are met by people smugglers who arrange usually dilapidated, ill-equipped vessels to take them to Australia.