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Human Smuggling to Ter Apel Unraveled: One Mobile Phone Exposes Enormous Network

Summary by nieuwrechts.nl
A routine check at the registration center in Ter Apel in 2020 yielded a mobile phone. The device contained a single number that reappeared in dozens of ongoing investigations in five European countries. What followed was an international operation involving 140 arrests across nine countries, and a network that identifies tens of thousands of smuggled people. The discovery revealed that the routes to Ter Apel are not an isolated phenomenon, but …
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A routine check at the registration center in Ter Apel in 2020 yielded a mobile phone. The device contained a single number that reappeared in dozens of ongoing investigations in five European countries. What followed was an international operation involving 140 arrests across nine countries, and a network that identifies tens of thousands of smuggled people. The discovery revealed that the routes to Ter Apel are not an isolated phenomenon, but …

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nieuwrechts.nl broke the news on Saturday, May 9, 2026.
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