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Seven Dead, Five Seriously Injured in Greek Car Crash Involving Migrants and Traffickers
Seven people were killed and five were seriously injured late on Tuesday night when a car hit a guardrail on Egnatia Highway in Alexandroupolis, northeastern Greece.
The accident took place at the Ardanio intersection in Alexandroupolis. The car was moving...
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President of Greek Forum of Refugees Admits Paying Trafficker to Bring Wife to Greece
The president of the Greek Forum of Refugees Yunus Mohammadi told a parliamentary committee on Friday that after official channels failed him he had resorted to paying a human trafficker 8,000 euros to bring his wife to Greece.
The committee...
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Greek Police Arrest Trafficker with 90 Migrants in Truck
Greek police say they have arrested a trafficker outside the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki carrying 90 migrants in his truck container.
Police said on Saturday that the suspect is a 55-year-old truck driver from Greece.
The migrants included 21 minors,...
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Trafficker Arrested Transporting 50 Migrants into Greece
A man has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle 50 people into Greece.
According to Greek police, they spotted the van on a highway near the border of Greece and Turkey on Saturday, but when they tried to signal...
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Traffickers Abandon Dozens of Migrants on Highway Near Thessaloniki
A group of migrants was abandoned on Egnatia highway near Thessaloniki, on Wednesday morning.
Police say that the group of 37 migrants from Iraq, Syria, Eritrea and Afghanistan includes 19 children.
The migrants who paid money to be transferred illegally to...
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Cannabis Traffickers Caught Between Albania and Italy (Video)
The Greek Coast Guard seized 1.5 tonnes of unprocessed cannabis and two speedboats from five Albanians and two Greeks on Saturday.
The suspects seemed to be involved in an international drug ring.
The months-long investigation, in cooperation with Italy’s Guardia di Finanza,...
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29 Migrants and Refugees Rescued; Two Traffickers Arrested
Coast Guard spotted early Saturday a dinghy with migrants and refugees off the coasts of the island of Oinousses the dinghy apparently was directed by two traffickers.
A pursuit followed and the two traffickers managed to reach the coast where...
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Athens-Based Businesses and an NGO a 'Front' for Migrant-Traffickers, Police Say
A group of companies and a non-governmental organizations, all based in Athens, Greece, were acting as a front for migrant trafficking outfits operating around Omonia Square, the Hellenic Police (ELAS) announced on Friday. The rings supplied refugees and migrants...
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Europol Undercover Agents at Greek Hotspots to Locate Jihadists, Traffickers
Europol has deployed a team of undercover agents in Greece's hotspots to locate jihadists and people smugglers, according to a Kathimerini newspaper report.
The European Union police agency is taking the precaution after the Islamic State terrorist attack in Paris...
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Migrant Traffickers Prepare New Route to Europe Through Italy
Migrant smugglers are preparing a new route to Europe that would transfer people by sailing to Italy, says Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper.
After the closing of the Balkan Route that refugees used to travel from Greece to central Europe...
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NATO Force Begins Patrols Along Turkish Coast to Control Traffickers
The NATO force in the Aegean on Tuesday began patrols along the Turkish coast to control and stop the lines to Greece used by refugee and migrant traffickers.
The commander of the Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2), Rear Admiral...
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German Police Patrol the Aegean for Traffickers
Five German police officers with two German ships, acting under FRONTEX, are trying to track down traffickers and save the live of refugees in the area of Samos island.
The patrol ships of the German Coast Guard that normally supervise...
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Migrant Trafficker Claims Turkey Allows for Movement of Migrants into Greece
"If the Turkish government wouldn't want us to do what we do, we wouldn't be able to pass a fly to Greece," said a Turkish migrant trafficker speaking to Anampa news agency.
According to the report, a man identifying himself...
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ISIS Photos of Syrian Trafficker Arrested in Greece Puzzle Authorities
A young man from Syria was arrested by the Greek Coast Guard for participating in a trafficking ring on Tuesday on the island of Kalymnos.
After his arrest Greek authorities found photos of ISIS symbols, guns, and battlefields on his phone,...
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Seven Alleged Traffickers Arrested for Sunday's Fatal Migrant Shipwreck Near Farmakonissi
Greek authorities announced the arrest of seven alleged traffickers considered responsible for the fatal migrant crossing that ended in tragedy on Sunday morning, when the wooden sailboat used to transport upward of 100 refugees overturned due to bad weather...