Spanish police said today they have dismantled a major human-trafficking organization that smuggled Africans into Europe. The gang is suspected of bringing around 1,000 people, including children and pregnant women, from sub-Saharan Africa to Spain. From there, they were distributed between France, Germany and Belgium, a police statement said. The ring was organized out of Spain’s Catalonia region and run mostly by sub-Saharan Africans. The police operation, involving authorities from Spain, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Portugal, led to the arrest of 12 people.-AP

Source: The Standard June 12, 2020 11:03 UTC