Etiket: smugglers
Two smugglers arrested after drama with migrants in Italy; 13 of 61 victims are children
After the boat drama in which dozens of dead migrants washed up on the Italian coast, two people smugglers have been arrested. Italy’s Rai News writes that they have been…
Greece arrested 1,300 people smugglers last year, stopped 250,000 migrants
The Greek border guard arrested about 1,300 suspected people smugglers along the Evros, on the border with Turkey, last year. About 256,000 refugees were prevented from crossing the river to…
Raid against smugglers in Berlin!
By Axel Lier and Olaf Selchow Big hit against people smuggling! On Wednesday morning, special forces of the Federal Police took action against an internationally active gang of people smugglers…
Prison Ter Apel no longer lets smugglers in
This has been confirmed by a spokesperson for the Ministry of Justice and Security, reports The Telegraph. It concerns criminal lawyer Arnoud C., according to the newspaper’s own investigation. C.…
Wevelgem: police seize private planes people smugglers
Wevelgem: police seize private planes people smugglers Victims had to pay up to 20,000 euros for false papers and a flight from Turkey. The court found the two planes after…
France and Algeria want to fight people smugglers and Islamists
France and Algeria want to cooperate more closely in the fight against illegal migration and people smuggling. It’s about tackling smuggling gangs and returning clandestine migrants more efficiently, French President…
Two Bulgarian policemen die after being hit by bus carrying people smugglers | Abroad
A bus carrying migrants hit a police vehicle in Bulgaria this morning. Two police officers were killed, the Bulgarian government said, which will step up its fight against illegal migration…
Gang of people smugglers rounded up: special police team invades Roeselare
Gang of people smugglers rounded up: special police team invades Roeselare The court calls the gang ‘life-threatening’. For example, they gave car inner tubes as cheap life jackets for the…
People smugglers arrested, life jackets and boats found
The Royal Netherlands Marechaussee and the police arrested seven suspects on Tuesday in an international investigation into people smuggling. The arrests and searches were in Dongen, Tilburg and other places…
British Prime Minister: Sending asylum seekers to Rwanda undermines people smugglers’ plans
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday defended the plan to send asylum seekers who want to enter the country illegally to Rwanda. The measure undermines the revenue model of…