Event 0bce826d-56c2-4405-8a16-12058c2a0c9b

Approved event from Hybrid War Tracker

Status: Approved Confidence: Low Category: Border Country: Poland Country: Belarus Country: Russia Country: Germany Country: Ukraine Country: Austria Country: Czechia Country: Slovakia Country: Lithuania Country: Hungary Attack Type: Weaponized Migrants

Source: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/netw...

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Event Time

1y ago

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Created

1mo ago

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Updated

1mo ago

Summary

Headline: Network smuggling migrants via Belarus busted in Poland

Short Summary: Polish authorities dismantled a migrant smuggling network operating via Belarus, arresting 11 suspects involved in transporting migrants into the EU.

Description

Polish authorities, supported by Europol, arrested 11 suspected members of a criminal network smuggling migrants from Belarus and Russia to the EU via Poland. The suspects include Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian nationals, with the operation involving multiple searches and seizures. The group is estimated to have smuggled around 600 migrants, primarily transporting them from the Belarusian border to Germany and other EU states.

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Polish authorities arrest 11 suspected of smuggling migrants from Belarus and Russia to the EU via Poland

The action days between 14 and 16 October led to: 11 arrests of mainly Polish, Russian and Ukrainian nationals

The criminal network is estimated to have smuggled around 600 illegal migrants.

The criminal network mainly transported migrants from the Belarusian border to the German border.

Source

https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/network-smuggling-migrants-belarus-busted-in-poland