Migrant abuse

Police in Attica said yesterday that they had arrested four suspected members of a people-trafficking ring after finding 20 illegal immigrants in a derelict house in Kolonos. Police believe the suspected traffickers deprived the migrants of food and water and demanded 2,500-3,000 euros from their relatives to release them. The three Iraqis and one Tunisian allegedly threatened to sell the migrants to foreign criminals. The migrants — 10 Iraqis, seven Syrians, two Sudanese and a Nigerian — are thought to have been brought to Greece by other ring members.
(29.01.05)   Kathimerini English Edition   ()
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