People smuggling

Nine People Charged in Hungary With Smuggling of Migrants Into Western Europe

According to the Teraz news portal, the Slovakian citizen allegedly provided the smugglers with transport, money and mobile phones while two citizens of Afghanistan were searching for the potential clients among migrants in various refugee camps in Hungary. The group reportedly included six more people.

According to the media, from July 2014 to February 2015 the group made 21 trips from Hungary to Western Europe, smuggling around 90 refugees. Each of the migrants paid some 400-600 euros ($425-$638). The criminal probe was carried out by a joint group of Slovakian and Hungarian investigators.