More than 500 officers participated in the operation, which was co-ordinated with British, French and European agencies
Police have carried out dawn raids in several cities in Germany and France in an internationally coordinated operation to smash a network accused of smuggling migrants to Britain in small boats.
Coordinated with Europol, the French security service and British police after months of intelligence-gathering, the raids on Wednesday concentrated on western German cities where gangs are believed to have procured small boats and found migrants wanting to be taken to the UK from France across the English Channel.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/04/police-raid-migrant-smuggling-ring-accused-over-small-boat-channel-crossings
Author : Guardian international staff
Publish date : 2024-12-04 14:46:21
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