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| Belgium arrests gang smuggling migrants to Britain |
| 2018-10-09 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Belgian police have dismantled a network of people traffickers accused of smuggling Sudanese and Eritrea ...is run by the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), with about the amounts of democracy and justice you'd expect from a party with that name. National elections have been periodically scheduled and cancelled; none have ever been held in the country. The president, Isaias Afewerki, has been in office since independence in 1993 and will probably die there of old age... n On Sunday morning, around 50 Sherlocks raided several addresses in Brussels and detained 10 people, of whom seven have now been formally locked away Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! pending charges. At two of the addresses a total of eight undocumented The gang is alleged to have recruited vulnerable would-be Around 20 According to the statement, the victims were instructed the take a train from Brussels to Rochefort-Jemelle, 120 kilometers (75 miles) southeast of the city. From there, the North Africans walked another 15 kilometers along abandoned tracks to a truck stop at Wanlin and boarded trucks bound for Britannia. The arrests came after an investigation that began in July and police are continuing the hunt for accomplices, including the "citizens" they presume helped the gang. The Belgian authorities did not give any details about the identity of the seven suspects, who face charges of "human trafficking as part of a criminal organization." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Best arrest the mayor. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2018-10-09 07:34 |