Tug-in ring opened: million-dollar business with migrants in Austria!

Tug-in ring opened: million-dollar business with migrants in Austria!

A big blow to criminal tractor networks: Together, the federal police in Munich, the state police in Upper Austria and the Federal Criminal Police Office Vienna smashed a massive smuggling ring. On Monday, the investigators presented the results of a cross -border operation in Passau, which began on October 16, 2023 with the arrest of an Iraqi driver in the Mühlviertel. In his vehicle, the officials discovered 17 illegal migrants, including twelve children.

Just a day later, the police arrested four Turks on the Bavarian side, including a baby, and two Syrian smugglers. These perpetrators could be held responsible for a total of 19 towers. The group, which operated from the Serbian-Hungarian border, had slipped over 2,000 people to Europe and thus made a profit of around four million euros. The prices for the dangerous trips were between 800 and 1500 euros per capita. Five members of the Syrian gang have already been caught and two in Austria, such as Today. reported.

tractor network across borders

A similar incident occurred in Poland, where a ring of alleged tugs that were supposed to transport migrants from the Belarusian border to the west. Eleven suspects were arrested, including Polish, Belarusian, Russian and Ukrainian citizens. This was done as part of a campaign coordinated by Europol. The tractors had smuggled up to 600 people and asked for up to 5000 euros for transport by Poland, reported the agency Pap and referred to the pressure that Russia and Belarus exercise on the EU.

Despite a fence that is more than five meters high and modern surveillance systems, migrants continue to try to cross the border illegally. Polish border protection has registered almost 28,000 experiments since the beginning of the year. The coordinated measures illustrate the increasing efforts of the European authorities to combat cross -border smuggling networks, while the situation on the border remains tense, as