Three agents Antwerp fixed for extortion

antwerp - The suspicion against police officers of the corps of Antwerp turns turning to extortion of illegal immigrants. Three inspectors are still in custody, a fourth Wednesday released under certain conditions and may not attend to work.

The officers would have threatened and systematically deprived people without residence papers. Certainly one of the suspects, according to local media related to an Albanian crime family.

Chief Constable Serge Muyters speaks,, of a stain on the good police work in which we have invested in recent years .

Mayor of Antwerp Bart De Wever made Wednesday reported a judicial inquiry against some police officers. If the suspicions are proven,, it is no longer about a black page in the history of our corps, '' says Weaver.

The service Internal Supervision of the Antwerp police are investigating the case. The court shall determine next week whether the three policemen stuck.