{"id":115717,"date":"2024-07-31T07:33:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T07:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=115717"},"modified":"2024-07-31T07:33:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T07:33:21","slug":"police-arrest-8-syrians-romanians-over-smuggling-immigrants-to-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/115717\/","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest 8 Syrians, Romanians over smuggling immigrants to Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> Romanian Border Police arrested on Tuesday a smuggling network of Romanian and Syrian nationals charged with smuggling immigrants from Turkey to Western Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Romanian Border Police and Bulgarian General Directorate Combating Organized Crime, supported by Europol, launched an operation that resulted in the arrest of an eight-member smuggling network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The smugglers were smuggling immigrants from Bulgaria to Romania and then to Western Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to investigations, the network, consisting mainly of Syrian and Romanian nationals, was operating from Bucharest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They network&#8217;s members recruited immigrants from the Middle East, mainly Syria, who wanted to reach Western European countries, especially Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The leader of the network is a Syrian national who had lived in Romania for three years and had strong ties with other key organizers based in Istanbul, Turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Europol reported that between February and May alone, the Romanian authorities detected five smuggling incidents with a total of 70 irregular immigrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The individuals were transported in lorries concealed between merchandises,&#8221; the Europol said. &#8220;Each migrant paid between EUR 5 000 and EUR 10 000 for the full smuggling services until the final destination.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>By Jwan Shekaki<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Romanian Border Police arrested on Tuesday a smuggling network of Romanian and Syrian nationals charged with smuggling immigrants from Turkey to Western Europe. 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