German police and Europol hit Syrian trafficking gang

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2026-08-05

Munich (dpa) - German police, in cooperation with the EU's Europol law enforcement agency, raided premises in Germany and Serbia on Wednesday, executing three arrest warrants in connection with human trafficking, authorities said on Wednesday. Around 240 officers were deployed in an operation in Germany's Saarbrücken on the border with France, police said. The raids were directed at Syrian family clan, among others, as part of an Operational Tas......

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