Police Arrest Five People by Network that Facilitated Trips with Passports From Ecuador
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Five persons, including officials and former migration officials, were arrested during an investigation that resulted in the dismantling of an alleged network dedicated to facilitating irregular travel abroad through the use of foreign passports and the impersonation of identity.
New details come to light after the dismantling of an alleged transnational network of illegal trafficking of persons operating in Guayas and Tungurahua. Investigations determined that the criminal organization used the terminals of the international airports of Guayaquil and Quito as its main points of operation to send citizens irregularly
A network of former migration officials and collaborators linked to airport control would have been key to moving people irregularly from the José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport in Guayaquil to European countries. According to the National Police, one of the main investigated would operate from Italy, from where it allegedly coordinated the movements of this structure dedicated to the smuggling of migrants. (We invite you to read: What …
The operation is developed in an articulated manner with the U.S. Department of Security.
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