‘Highly Dangerous’ Smugglers Behind 10k Illegal Arrivals Arrested by European Taskforce

A German-led European police taskforce claims to have arrested eight “highly dangerous” people smugglers and 127 others who operated a major migrant smuggling network that allegedly helped 10,000 enter Europe illegally.

The European Union police agency Europol announced the results of the operation stating in a press release that eight “high-value targets” were arrested and three others placed under European arrest warrants in Austria, Germany, Hungary and Romania.

Europol notes that 127 others were arrested as “facilitators” of the network in Austria, Germany, Hungary, Romania, the Netherlands and Serbia. A total of 151 home searches were carried out and assets worth approximately €900,000 (£768,303/$962,703) were seized by authorities.

“These Europol High-Value Targets, mainly Syrian nationals, had global connections in source, transit and destination countries. Europol checked its databases and discovered that these suspects are already linked to 150 investigations,” Europol stated.

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