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November 29, 2008

Greek police dismantle illegal immigration network

(AFP) ATHENS: Police in Greece have dismantled an illegal immigration ring behind the smuggling of Asian migrants from Turkey to Greece for over a decade, the Athens police department said on Friday. Two Greeks and an Indian have been arrested on suspicion of working for the ring, which is allegedly run by two Greeks and a Pakistani and has ferried migrants from Turkey on a vessel owned by the organization since 1995.
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