24 foreigners were found on Tuesday evening in a trailer belonging to a 48-year-old smuggler from Turkey and were on their way to Italy. The driver was immediately arrested by the Karawankentunnel border checkpoint of the Carinthia Police Inspectorate.
A trailer was arrested on Tuesday evening and searched by Carinthian customs. 24 people were found in the vehicle between liquor bottles and pallets. The 48-year-old Turkish driver was immediately arrested by officers at the Karawankentunnel border checkpoint of the Carinthian Police Inspectorate.
The smuggler was on his way to Slovenia with the foreigners from Romania, from there they entered Austria via the border crossing in the Karawanken tunnel and wanted to continue to Italy. Further investigations are currently taking place in the criminal investigation department of the state of Carinthia, EB 10, human smuggling and human trafficking.
It was not until April 7, 2023 that API Wolfsberg officials were able to apprehend an Azerbaijani citizen who was smuggling 9 Bangladeshis and 11 Pakistanis in a van from Romania to Austria via Hungary. Italy was also mentioned as a target country.
Source: Krone
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