Police Arrest 26 People in UK Truck Deaths of 39 Vietnamese

Forensic police officers attend the scene after a truck was found to contain a large number of dead bodies, in Grays, England, on Oct. 23, 2019. Alastair Grant/AP/ file

BRUSSELS—Police in Belgium and France on Wednesday announced the arrests of 26 people suspected of human trafficking in the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants who were found in a refrigerated truck in Britain last year.

Judicial authorities said a series of early morning raids took place simultaneously in Belgium and France on Tuesday as part of two legal investigations.