BERLIN (AP) — Hundreds of police have raided premises in four German states as part of a probe into a suspected people smuggling ring.
Federal police say the gang is suspected of helping mostly Moldovans enter Germany and work there illegally, using fake Romanian identity documents.
In a statement Tuesday, police said 800 officers searched 21 offices and homes in Hamburg and Bremen, Lower Saxony and Saxony Anhalt states.
Police said three main suspects — two Germans and a Russian — were arrested in Hamburg late Monday. The gang, comprising at least eight people, also includes Ukrainians.
At least 35 illegal immigrants were found …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
