Swiss police uncover people smuggling ring

Swiss police have charged five people in connection with extensive people smuggling operations.

Three men living in canton Bern are accused of having illegally transported or organised the smuggling of over 90 people in at least 30 cases between June 2017 and April 2019, according to a Bern police press release. Two other people – a woman living in canton Bern and a man residing in Germany — are also suspected of involvement.

Those smuggled were mostly adults from the Middle East who were picked up in northern Italy and then transported illegally across the border into Switzerland, or via Switzerland to Germany or Austria, using private or company vehicles.

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