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| France’s police have busted a major people-smuggling ring that has been sending migrants to Britain in dinghies |
| 2022-09-23 |
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French police have busted a major people-smuggling ring that has been sending The ring was run by Iraqi Kurdish Three Iraqi men have been charged, along with three French suspects after their arrest on Monday. Police discovered "a real factory supplying nautical equipment" in Lille, the head of French anti-migration agency Ocriest, Xavier Delrieu, told AFP. In what was their biggest ever seizure of equipment, they found 13 inflatable boats, 14 outboard engines, 700 life jackets, 100 pumps and 700 liters (185 gallons) of fuel, Delrieu said. The group is suspected of organizing 80 Channel crossings over the summer, of which 50 succeeded, with the smugglers netting around 80,000 euros ($80,000) for each one. The arrests came due to intelligence-sharing between authorities in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Britannia which are attempting to crack down on The original tip-off came after a border guard control discovered a group of young French people carrying inflatables from Germany into the Netherlands. More So far this year, 28,561 people have made the dangerous trip across one of one of the world's busiest shipping routes, according to provisional ministry of defense figures. |
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| #1 So, the Deal Smugglers in reverse? |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2022-09-23 09:06 |