European Operation Targets Syrian Trafficking Gang

Munich police, who led the operation, said two of those being trafficked died while being smuggled across the border from Belarus to Latvia.

A man is arrested by the National Crime Agency—as part of a Europe-wide operation against people traffickers—in Wolverhampton, England on Nov. 20, 2024. National Crime Agency

An investigation into an organized crime group that brought 750 illegal immigrants from Syria into Britain and Germany has led to the arrest of 20 people across Europe.

The operation, led by German police supported by Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) and Europol, involved raids in Austria, Poland, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and the Netherlands on Nov. 20.