Ceuta: Spanish Police Arrest 5 Alleged Migrant Traffickers
Police said the network charged migrants up to $10,500 to move them by unsafe boats across the Strait of Gibraltar.
- Spanish police arrested five individuals accused of operating two smuggling networks transporting migrants from Ceuta to the Iberian coast, allegedly charging up to $10,500 per crossing.
- These arrests follow a chaotic influx last month when over 70,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into Ceuta; Spanish NGO Caminando Fronteras estimates the death toll at 141 people.
- Traffickers operated using small boats, with one group cramming seven migrants into an overcrowded 16ft dinghy lacking "minimum safety standards," leaving them vulnerable to dangerous currents near Gibraltar.
- Italy suspended Schengen border-free travel with Spain in response to the crisis, prompting Madrid to retaliate by imposing border controls on travelers from Italy.
- Thousands of migrants remain in the North African territory, overwhelming local shelters; authorities recently cleared more than 1,000 people from Trampolin Beach, moving them to temporary centers established by the Spanish government.
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Five people were arrested, for belonging to the criminal organization and facilitation of illegal immigration, who charged about 9,000 euros for crossing to mainland Spain.
Five people from two groups were arrested for transporting the victims in small boats without safety measures.
Spanish police arrest five Ceuta migrant traffickers
Police in Spain have arrested five people accused of charging migrants thousands of dollars to take them to mainland Europe from Ceuta, the Spanish territory in northern Africa that has seen a deadly migrant rush.
The investigation has also resulted in five detainees, one of them having transported people from the autonomous city on 14 August. More information: A member of the largest hashish trafficking network in Spain is arrested in Burgos: 57 arrested and 11,600 kg of drugs
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