The police have succeeded in striking a smuggling network. Several people were arrested during searches involving almost 200 emergency services.
During an operation against an international smuggling network, the federal police in Essen arrested a man. The 38-year-old Syrian was arrested early in the morning, a spokesman for the federal police in Potsdam said.
There were further searches in Nauen in Brandenburg, in Regensburg in Bavaria and in the Romanian city of Timisoara. According to the authorities, four other suspects were arrested there. A person was also arrested in Bulgaria last week.
The accused are suspected of having smuggled Turkish and Syrian nationals from Turkey to Romania and Germany under inhumane conditions. More than 300 people were brought to Romania, at least 560 people to Germany. On the stage from Romania to Germany, trucks were used on which people had to hide between the loads for several days.
During the operations on Wednesday, high-quality cars, mobile phones, cash and other evidence were also secured, the federal police said. A total of 197 emergency services were involved in Germany and Romania.
As early as July 2022, the Serbian police arrested a suspected smuggler as part of their own investigations. In December, an international investigative group was formed with German, Serbian and Romanian participation. In this case, the federal police are also working together with the police in Austria and with Europol.
Source: Stern
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