The German authorities have announced the dismantling of a human trafficking ring. The Syrian criminals are said to have brought mainly young compatriots across the border. Particularly shocking: IS fighters are also said to have been smuggled into Germany.
On Tuesday morning, 400 German federal police officers searched 20 flats attributed to members and helpers of a Syrian human trafficking gang. The focus of the operation: the small towns of Korbach and Frankenberg, where six arrest warrants were enforced by special forces of the elite GSG9 unit. According to the investigations, at least three of the suspects were even armed. The charge: gang and commercial smuggling of foreigners.
The Syrian trafficking gang, consisting of at least eight men and one woman, was well organised. At least one “scout” car drove ahead, looking for police vans. Then they were followed by vans and vans carrying illegal migrants. The men paid between 400 to 2000 euros to be smuggled across the German border.
In total, the gang is said to be responsible for at least 147 illegal entries and to have collected 177,000 euros for them. The witness whose testimony triggered the investigation is now also suspected of being involved in her ex-boyfriend’s business. She herself is said to have carried out at least one transit with migrants from the Polish-Belarusian border to Germany. The woman (28) also said that her Syrian ex-boyfriend had even brought former IS fighters to Germany. Again and again, the authorities investigated this suspicion – but so far without success.
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