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| British police arrest 33 in Iran-UK migrant smuggling probe |
| 2016-12-13 |
[AlAhram] Thirty-three people have been locked awayYou have the right to remain silent... as part of a Europe-wide investigation into the smuggling of The suspects are believed to be "key members" of an organised crime gang that has smuggled hundreds of people across Europe to Britannia using fake identity documents, said Chris Hogben, from the NCA's border policing command. Twenty-four of those arrested, aged between 26 and 45, were detained in Greece after a series of raids in Athens in a joint operation with Greek police, the agency said in a statement. "All 24 were arrested for their suspected role in a transnational organised crime group believed to be facilitating the smuggling of Iranian illegal ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... , Greece, Spain, La Belle France, Germany, Italia, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland ...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell... , the Netherlands, into the UK," it said. Investigators believe the group would charge up to 10,000 euros ($11,000, £8,000) per person to supply Four forgery factories, where the group allegedly produced the counterfeited documents, were dismantled in the operation, the NCA said. Forging equipment, 50,000 euros in cash and hundreds of documents were also seized. British immigration officials last week arrested nine people suspected of being part of the UK-based arm of the gang, the NCA added. Those arrests followed a series of raids in Glasgow, Manchester, in northern England, and Northampton, in central England. |
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