Police In Hungary Caught People-Smugglers In Joint Operation
- 31 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
Police in Hungary and 12 other countries captured 103 people-smugglers in raids in 117 locations across Europe on Tuesday, Europol has announced. Europol, German, Czech, Slovak and Hungarian police told a press conference in Budapest that more than 1,200 police officers took part in the operation.
In Hungary ten houses were searched and ten suspects were captured, six of whom were detained.
The Kosovo-based traffickers brought migrants from the Middle East to Hungary.
Source: Hungary Around the Clock
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