{"id":28623,"date":"2024-11-22T07:43:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T12:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=28623"},"modified":"2024-11-22T07:43:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T12:43:59","slug":"people-smuggling-suspect-facing-extradition-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2024\/11\/22\/people-smuggling-suspect-facing-extradition-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"People-smuggling suspect facing extradition bid"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A man arrested in Wolverhampton on suspicion of being involved a people-smuggling network is facing extradition proceedings.<\/b><\/p>\n

The National Crime Agency (NCA) said 35-year-old Iraqi national Hussam Al Ramli was detained at his home in Bilston on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

He is suspected of arranging for migrants to cross the border illegally from Belarus to Poland, and then their onward journey to the Poland-Germany border.<\/p>\n

He is also accused of advertising the service on the internet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Polish police officers accompanied the NCA in Wolverhampton as Mr Al Ramli was detained.<\/p>\n

He appeared before Westminster Magistrates’ Court on the same day to face extradition proceedings to Poland and was remanded in custody, the NCA said.<\/p>\n

He will appear before the same court again next Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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NCA Director of Investigations John Denley said the arrest was part of a major operation to target “a dangerous and harmful international people-smuggling network”.<\/p>\n

The German-led operation targeting a Syrian organised crime group described by the NCA as “one of Europe\u2019s most significant people-smuggling networks” saw at least 20 arrests in raids across Europe on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Police in Austria, the Netherlands, Poland, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Serbia were part of the operation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It is claimed those detained smuggled at least 750 Syrian migrants into the UK and Germany, charging each person between \u20ac4,500 and \u20ac12,000 (\u00a33,750 to \u00a310,000).<\/p>\n

The route through Europe took the migrants through the Balkans and Eastern Europe to Germany.<\/p>\n

The NCA said that in some cases, about 100 people were moved at a time.<\/p>\n

From Germany, those continuing to the UK were transported through the Netherlands and onwards in boats or lorries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Denley said: “Tackling people smuggling is a key priority for the NCA, and we are putting more resource into targeting, disrupting and dismantling the groups behind it than ever before.”<\/p>\n

Minister for Border Security and Asylum, Dame Angela Eagle, said: “We will stop at nothing to root out criminal networks wherever we find them.”<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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