Regional people smuggling ring busted
Police forces of former Yugoslavia have arrested 50 on suspicion of smuggling Albanian and Turkish citizens to the EU.
Saturday, 02.06.2007.
18:01
Regional people smuggling ring busted
Among the arrested is Vesel Jakupi, the group’s leader, and Selimon Saliki who is, according to Veljović, connected with “terrorist activities in Kosovo and southern Serbia.”As many as 11 persons have been detained in Serbia, 16 in Croatia, 19 in Macedonia, 10 in Bosnia and 21 in Slovenia during the joint action.
The group charged illegal immigrants who whished to be smuggled into the EU two to three thousand euros each.
Istanbul was the starting point of the route, which then went through Tirana, Priština, Belgrade, Zagreb and Ljubljana.
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