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Belgium claims dismantling human trafficking network
[AA.TR] Belgian authorities claimed to have dismantled an international criminal organization that smuggled thousands of people to the U.K., local media reported Monday.Citing the prosecutor's office of the Belgian province of East Flanders, Belgian newspaper Mediahuis reported Monday that the network smuggled over 3,000 undocumented Kurds and Iraqis to the U.K. through Belgium. Six people suspected of being complicit in the smuggling operation were incarcerated Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! , including two suspected leaders of the criminal network, which reportedly smuggled 20 people on average every day in trucks after payment of €3,000 ($3,300) per person, according to Mediahuis. Two suspected leaders of the network were arrested Friday in the UK, according to Belgian news agency, Belga News.
Into the paddy wagon wit' yez! in the case. Ghent prosecutors' spokeswoman Eva Brantegem said the two suspected ring leaders were arrested in Britannia last week in cooperation with Britannia's National Crime Agency. Belgium has asked for their extradition. Police added that 10 Iraqi Kurdish men suspected of participating in the ring were already in jug after being arrested in Belgium between May 22 and November 25 last year. Europol told AFP last year that it estimated around 30,000 people were involved in smuggling migrants into and through Europe in the continent's biggest migration crisis since World War II. Posted by: Fred 2016-01-12 |
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