Reuters, 22/02 16:30 CET
THE HAGUE
(Reuters) – People-smuggling gangs netted up to 6 billion euros ($6.6
billion) last year, most of it from the traffic of migrants into Europe,
the European Union’s police agency Europol said in a report issued on
Monday.
Labeling people-smuggling as the “fastest growing
criminal market in Europe”, the report said: “This turnover (of 6
billion euros) is set to double or triple if the scale of the current
migration crisis persists in the upcoming year.”
Europol and police forces in countries in Europe and
beyond have identified more than 12,000 suspects active in gangs
involved in smuggling in migrants since 2015.
Gangs, whose members come from countries including
Bulgaria, Egypt, Hungary, Iraq and Kosovo, are engaged in a huge range
of criminal activities including document forgery and official bribery,
the report said.
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Source: Euronews
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