75 held in human trafficking raids
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Spanish and French police said yesterday they have smashed a human trafficking ring that smuggled Chinese migrants into Europe and the United States, arresting 75 suspects including “main operatives” based in Barcelona.
Fifty-one suspects were arrested in Spain and 24 in France after a two-year joint investigation, a police statement said.
Traffickers charged 40,000 to 50,000 euros (US$53,000 to US$66,000) per person to provide “false identities and transport Chinese citizens to the United States and countries such as Spain, France, Greece, Italy, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Turkey,” the statement said.
In some cases the ring was involved in the sexual exploitation of migrants, it added.
Spanish police seized 81 fake passports from Asian countries and regions such as Taiwan, South Korea, Malaysia, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Traffickers accompanied clients from China to Spain, “the last stop (serving as a) trampoline to the final destination, usually the United Kingdom or the United States,” police said.
(AFP)
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