This is one of the biggest hauls ever made in the area of migrant smugglers.
According to our information, the Central Office for the Suppression of Irregular Immigration and the Employment of Untitled Foreigners (Ocriest) last Tuesday dismantled a vast criminal network made up of Iraqi-Kurds, Romanians, Pakistanis and Vietnamese.
In total, no less than a hundred police officers were mobilized to carry out the operation, with the support of the intervention services of the Raid and the BRI, because of the dangerousness of those arrested.
More than 100,000 euros in cash and false papers were seized.
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According to a first estimate of the traffic, the sector had been gaining momentum since October 2020. Its members were notably going to look for Vietnamese candidates for exile parked in camps, including that of Grande-Synthe, and who had entered Europe from Germany .
All had paid a pack of 6000 euros to join Great Britain.
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The criminal network was structured
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