Greece busts migrant trafficking network with 7 arrests

  Athens, Greece ---Greek police said Friday that they had broken up a network trafficking illegal migrants on the Turkish border, making seven arrests. Police said the suspects were due to appear later Friday before the public prosecutor in the city of Thessaloniki, where they were detained Thursday on allegations of "illegal transport of at least 155 foreigners" since last August. The migrants were secreted in vehicles and smuggled across the border in an operation netting the traffickers some 300,000 euros ($325,000), according to police. Each migrant had to pay 2,000 to 4,000 euros, the statement added, without specifying their nationalities. Police also seized 13...

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