Evros

Red light for migrant smugglers speeding at up to 250 km/h

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Saturday, July 24, 2021
Smuggling, Evros, Rivers, Maritsa, Crime, Illegal entry, Mediterranean Sea refugee smuggling

Results from 21 July 2021:

Key Points: 
  • Results from 21 July 2021:

    Up to 15 migrants in a car

    The criminal network was smuggling migrants from Turkey to Greece through the Evros border region.

  • While the smugglers were racing with police at dangerous speeds, migrants were also concealed in the trunks of the vehicles.
  • In the course of the investigation, 43 smugglers were arrested before the action day, while 1 smuggler died in a car accident.
  • Northern Greece is an important hub for migrant smuggling due to the reinforced border protection along the Evros river.

Nine arrests in hit against network smuggling migrants via the Greek-Turkish land border

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Friday, January 22, 2021
Countries, Geography of Europe, Hawala, Remittances, Greece, Evros, Smuggling, Athens

From there, members of the smuggling network would pick them up by car to bring them to a safe house in Northern Greece.

Key Points: 
  • From there, members of the smuggling network would pick them up by car to bring them to a safe house in Northern Greece.
  • Afterwards, the migrants were transported to Thessaloniki and from there on to Athens, using sophisticated methods to avoid police detection.
  • Relatives of the migrants were paying between 900 and 2500 per person for the smuggling services, transferring the payments via the hawala network.
  • Results:

    Northern-Greece is an important hub for smuggling of migrants due to the reinforced border protection along the Evros River.