Gang of people smugglers rolled up in Spain

In collaboration with Europol, the Spanish police rolled up a gang that smuggled immigrants into the European Union.

The gang brought about three hundred immigrants to Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal and Mali with boats via various routes to the Spanish coast. The human traffickers also provided falsified identity documents.

From the Spanish coast most illegal immigrants were transported to the Basque country. Then they traveled further to France.