Spanish police smash sub-Saharan human trafficking ring
Spanish police say they have dismantled a major human-trafficking organization that smuggled Africans into Europe
June 12, 2020
MADRID -- Spanish police said Friday they have dismantled a major human-trafficking organization that smuggled Africans into Europe.
The gang is suspected of bringing around 1,000 people, including children and pregnant women, from sub-Saharan Africa to Spain. From there, they were distributed between France, Germany and Belgium, a police statement said.
Each smuggled person had to pay the gang at least 500 euros ($566).
The ring was organized out of Spain’s Catalonia region and run mostly by sub-Saharan Africans.
The police operation, involving authorities from Spain, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Portugal, led to the arrest of 12 people.
It seems that it was a smuggling ring, not a trafficking ring. They were not trafficked againsts their will, the gang just brought them to Europe on their request. Hence the fee.
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Spanish police smash sub-Saharan human trafficking ring
Spanish police say they have dismantled a major human-trafficking organization that smuggled Africans into Europe
June 12, 2020
MADRID -- Spanish police said Friday they have dismantled a major human-trafficking organization that smuggled Africans into Europe.
The gang is suspected of bringing around 1,000 people, including children and pregnant women, from sub-Saharan Africa to Spain. From there, they were distributed between France, Germany and Belgium, a police statement said.
Each smuggled person had to pay the gang at least 500 euros ($566).
The ring was organized out of Spain’s Catalonia region and run mostly by sub-Saharan Africans.
The police operation, involving authorities from Spain, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Portugal, led to the arrest of 12 people.
https:// abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/spanish-police-smash-saharan-human-trafficking-ring-71214720
It seems that it was a smuggling ring, not a trafficking ring. They were not trafficked againsts their will, the gang just brought them to Europe on their request. Hence the fee.
Do you have more info that would make this story relevant for Pizzagate?