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    Over 300 arrested in Europe-wide crime swoop

    AFP PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2016 05:47am


    THE HAGUE: Police forces from 52 countries arrested over 300 people and swooped on red-light
    districts to bust several trafficking gangs in a week-long, round-the-clock operation, Europol said
    on Wednesday.
    The action led by the European police agency focused on disrupting the most dangerous criminal
    networks currently active including those dealing in illegal immigration, people and drug trafficking and
    cybercrime.
    Some 529 victims of trafficking were found in brothels and massage parlours, a total of 314 people
    arrested and about 2.4 tonnes of cocaine was seized.
    Operation Ciconia Alba was coordinated by Europol from its headquarters in The Hague in what it called
    a major blow to organised crime groups operating across the European Union and beyond. Raids
    targeted red-light districts, brothels, massage parlours, private apartments, airports and immigration
    reception centres, the agency said in a statement.
    The nationalities of those arrested as well as those rescued showed that trafficking networks originating
    in Nigeria, Asia and Eastern Europe are the most active in the EU.
    A fake travel agency was uncovered in Greece and a total of 745 migrants were identified in the operation
    which also involved the European border agency Frontex, Interpol and Eurojust.
    More than 540,000 people and vehicles were searched and checked and a total of 181,500 euros was
    seized.
    The raids also aimed to crackdown on credit card fraud, and among those arrested were 140 people
    caught with airline tickets bought with stolen credit cards.
    And in Austria, during a raid on an illegal brothel, police also uncovered a cannabis plantation.
    Countries and organisations across the globe working together as one entity is the modern response to
    borderless serious and organised crime, said Europol chief Rob Wainwright.
    Published in Dawn, October 20th, 2016

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