Immigrants held for ransom

Attica police yesterday discovered 22 illegal immigrants locked up and in bad shape in an abandoned rural building in Mandra, 25 kilometers west of Athens. An initial investigation showed that the immigrants, 21 from Pakistan, including five minors, as well as one from Bangladesh, were being blackmailed by the racket that had smuggled them into Greece, and which was asking for sums between 4,000 and 6,000 euros to set them free. The money was to be deposited by the immigrants’ families in bank accounts.
(09.08.08)   Kathimerini English Edition   ()
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