Posted on 05/13/2024 11:09:24 AM PDT by RandFan
One of Europe’s most notorious people-smugglers has been arrested in Iraq following a BBC investigation.
Barzan Majeed was arrested in Iraqi Kurdistan on Sunday morning, a senior government official said.
For several years, he and his gang were heavily involved in the people-smuggling trade - in boats and lorries - across the English Channel.
The BBC tracked down Majeed - also known as Scorpion - to the city of Sulaymaniya, where he said he had transported thousands of migrants across the channel.
“Maybe a thousand, maybe 10,000. I don’t know, I didn’t count,” he said.
A senior member of the Kurdistan Regional Government said that officials were able to use the BBC's findings to locate Majeed.
“It was at 7am this morning that the arrest was made outside his home, they arrested him the moment he stepped out of the home and arrested him without any major problems,” the official said.
“We are now looking at charges against him here first and foremost, and then we will be discussing with European police and prosecutors who want to question him and deal with him.”
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
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