this National Police broken two criminal organizations dedicated interconnected smuggling of immigrants Morocco Y Canary Islands. organizational leaders He is allegedly responsible for the arrival of 204 Moroccan migrants on the shore in six small boats. Lanzarote (5) and fuerteventura (one). criminal network an average of 3,000 euros was collected from each immigrant for this, a benefit of approximately 612.000 Euros is estimated for the organization.
Eight arrests were made in the Canary town of Las. states of Las Palmas (4), Murcia (two), Cadiz (1) and Biscay (1), all crimes against the rights of foreign nationals, members of a criminal organization and forged documents. Three of those arrested are in temporary prison..
After several investigations and proceedings by the National Police, it was possible to clarify the existence of two perfectly structured and interconnected criminal organizations dedicated to the smuggling of Moroccan migrants, operating from the Moroccan coast to the Canary Islands.
204 immigrants transferred
The agents’ examinations made it possible to identify both the way the organizations work and the roles their members as leaders play, the routes used, the points of departure, and the amounts charged by migrants to get them on a boat. to Spain. Thus, it was determined that the leaders of the organizations were responsible for the arrival of six boats to the islands of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, where they sent 204 Moroccan immigrants.
Benefits exceeding 600.000 Euro
Investigators also noted that the criminal network charged an average of 3,000 euros from each immigrant, but initially demanded 4,000 euros, and they reduced the price to 2,500 euros if there were not enough migrants to fill the boat’s capacity.. With the number of boats and migrants transferred known to the agents, it is estimated that there is more than 600,000 Euros in benefit for the organisation.
After the agents had gathered all the evidence, a three-entry and three-entry device was designed to disperse the organizations, involving about 100 police agents in several provinces. searches in the homes of the leaders of the organizations, especially in Sotogrande (Cadiz), lorqui (Murcia) and Lanzarote (Las Palmas), during which a large number of information storage devices were tampered with and documents on economic transactions to pay for travel on small boats.
Eight people arrested during the investigation were referred to the courthouse for allegedly committing crimes against the rights of foreign nationals, members of a criminal organization and forged documents.