This National Police Eight people were arrested in A Coruña (3), Alicante (2), Barcelona (2) and Huesca (1) for being members of a criminal organization that allegedly allowed the irregular entry of Pakistani migrants via the Balkan route. The network organized covert trips from the following countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina until Spain by land and charged between 12,000 and 20,000 euros each.
The migrants’ journey ended in Barcelona, where the organization found accommodation and transport to A Coruña and Huesca to work sporadically as restaurant and supermarket workers.
the police did Two residency registrations in Huesca and A Coruña and three labor inspections, one at a restaurant in A Coruña, another at a restaurant in Huesca, and a third at a supermarket in the capital, Huesca. Agents intercepted eight mobile phones, computer storage devices and various documents.
The investigation was coordinated by Europol and labor inspection and Social Security. Those arrested were charged with belonging to a criminal organization and supporting illegal immigration, and two of them were charged with crimes against the rights of foreign citizens.
Balkan route
The fragmented criminal group supposedly took advantage of the situation. balkan road Organizing secret immigration trips for Pakistani nationals. This route is known to immigrants. They flee to Turkey from countries such as Pakistan and Iran. because most of them manage to reach Bosnia and Herzegovina, where they accumulate on the Croatian border to cross into Europe.
It included what is known as the organization. “needles” to guide them on foot through the mountains separating Bosnia and Croatia, then to be transported to Italy and from there to Barcelona. This last journey was made with vehicles belonging to the members of the organization residing in Spain, Payment of up to 20,000 euros coming for the whole trip.
Accomodation
Upon their arrival in Barcelona, other members of the organization took over accommodation and transportation to Huesca and A Coruña to work on an irregular basis. supermarkets and restaurants, while managing their administrative situation, they wrongly seek international protection or social roots. For this, the criminal group provided them with employment contracts and simulated recordings.
During the inspections, many victims Without any documents or employment contracts proving their legal status in Spain.