A human trafficking ring that moved Nigerians into Germany has been broken up, with seven persons under suspicion of organised money laundering, trafficking and tax evasion, police said Friday.
Www.earthtimes.org reports that German authorities stumbled on the group when an unemployed Nigerian with a German home was discovered in May 2007 carrying 364,000 euros in cash through Madrid Airport in Spain. He could not explain its source.
German police then checked out his friends. The report stated that federal police in Wiesbaden said they raided 21 premises around the country, but none of the suspects had been put under arrest. They were accused of improperly obtaining a large number of visas at a German embassy outside Germany, enabling Nigerians to enter Germany, where they were forced to hand back their passports to the traffickers to be used again.
The migrants adopted false names and applied for political asylum in Germany. The gang allegedly laundered the money through various accounts or by buying mechanical items to export to Nigeria.
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