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Hungarian police hunt for head of people smuggling ring
The Iraqi national managed the operations of a 16-member gang from abroad smuggling migrants through Hungary.
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Charges brought against international people-smuggling ring
A member of the ring fired shots at Hungarian police officers with a gas pistol while escaping arrest on the M5 motorway, in central Hungary, last November.
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State Secretary: Hungary had to expel people smugglers due to EU fines for crowded prisons
Bence Rétvári said the EU owed Hungary over 1.5 billion euros in return for Hungary protecting the bloc’s external borders.
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FM: Hungary’s expelling of people smugglers is not directed against any country
Minister Szijjártó said he had talked to Alexander Schallenberg, his Austrian counterpart, who had indicated that Hungary’s expelling people smugglers was problematic for his country.
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Head of people smuggling ring arrested in Budapest
Police report that the gang is believed to have transported illegal migrants, mostly Syrians and Afghans, from the Hungary-Serbia border to Austria on at least 33 occasions.
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Six people smugglers charged in Budapest
The Budapest Public Prosecutor’s Office has brought charges against six people accused of smuggling over 100 migrants across Hungary to Austria.
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Hungarian trial begins over murder of 71 refugees found suffocated to death in lorry
One Afghan and three Bulgarian nationals appeared in court on Wednesday and are facing life. Eleven men in total are reported to be facing charges, one is on the run
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The troubling alliance between NGOs and human traffickers off Europe’s southern border
An increasing number of reports indicate that non-governmental organizations are collaborating with human traffickers to illegally transport migrants into Europe, undocumented and unchecked.
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Italy has evidence that NGOs are helping people-smugglers ship migrants to Europe
An Italian prosecutor says he has evidence that some of the charities saving migrants in the Mediterranean Sea are colluding with people-smugglers
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Hungary says there are organized groups of migrants being sent to Europe
György Bakondi, chief security advisor to the prime minister, said the way migrants are arriving in Europe shows patterns of organization