Crime of traffickers: Spain's police smash international trafficking gang
But there are still many such gangs
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But there are still many such gangs. Although the migration numbers have fallen sharply, since the beginning of the year, the UN refugee agency UNHCR registered more than 12,000 migrants who came to Spain via the Mediterranean. 18 of these boats, worth a total of more than five million euros, as well as weapons, drugs and devices for encrypted communications were seized.
Furthermore, The internationally networked and tightly organized organization of Algerian origin has smuggled more than 2,000 migrants to Spain in at least 64 crossings with high-speed boats over the years. The investigation, which began in 2023, also involved Europol officials as well as the police forces of Poland, Portugal and France, where the gang operating from Spain also had bases as well as in Italy. In the process, she had earned revenues of more than 24 million euros, the police said.
In addition, There are many indications of reprisals, reckonings, kidnappings, assaults and death threats even against migrants. A total of 78 people, including four of the network’s masterminds and a so-called Hawala banker for cashless financial transactions, were arrested, police said. Spanish police have broken up an international gang that smuggled synthetic drugs into North Africa from Spain and brought migrants back to Spain on the way back.
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But there are still many such gangs
reliability low1/3 sourcesAlthough the migration numbers have fallen sharply, since the beginning of the year, the UN refugee agency UNHCR registered more than 12,000 migrants who came to Spain via the Mediterranean.
reliability low1/2 sources18 of these boats, worth a total of more than five million euros, as well as weapons, drugs and devices for encrypted communications were seized.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe internationally networked and tightly organized organization of Algerian origin has smuggled more than 2,000 migrants to Spain in at least 64 crossings with high-speed boats over the years.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe investigation, which began in 2023, also involved Europol officials as well as the police forces of Poland, Portugal and France, where the gang operating from Spain also had bases as well as in Italy.
reliability low1/2 sourcesIn the process, she had earned revenues of more than 24 million euros, the police said.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThere are many indications of reprisals, reckonings, kidnappings, assaults and death threats even against migrants.
reliability low1/2 sourcesA total of 78 people, including four of the network’s masterminds and a so-called Hawala banker for cashless financial transactions, were arrested, police said.
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Spanish police have broken up an international gang that smuggled synthetic drugs into North Africa from Spain and brought migrants back to Spain on the way back.
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