The Italian police hit a tractor and arrested 15 Egyptians. The criminal organization is said to have made at least 3000 migrants to enter Italy illegally between 2021 and today. These paid up to 10,000 euros per head of the population.
According to the research, the migrants went on board in the Turkish cities of Izmir, Bodrum and Marmaris. They reached Calabria and Sicily on sailing boats. The journey can take up to a week. More than a hundred people often boarded these boats, including women and children.
The research by the office of the AntiMafia officer of Justice in collaboration with units such as Europol, 18 landings of migrants who were attributed to the organization between 2021 and the end of 2023. “There was evidence of how the criminal organization had checked other landings that took place on the Greek coast during the same period, in at least one case with the tragic result of a shipwreck,” the researchers said.
Arrests in different countries
The suspect Egyptians were arrested in Italy, Albania, Germany, Oman and Turkey because of the drags of migrants and the help for illegal immigration. Some suspects who are outside of Europe have escaped the arrest. The criminal association achieved an estimated turnover of at least 30 million euros.
Source: Krone
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