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Through an operation supported by Europol, the Spanish national police has managed to dismantle a criminal organisation and arrest six persons that were trafficking immigrants between Algeria and Spain in the province of Alicante.
In a statement released today, the Spanish Interior Ministry said the organisation was transferring migrants by fibre boats from the North African country to the coasts of Murcia and Alicante and from there to other parts of Spain by land transportation, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports.
The immigrants were obliged to pay an amount of €300 for the boat trip, €300 for the collection on the coast, and €400 more for the transfer to other points.
According to the Ministry, as early as October 2021, this police investigation began as a result of a migratory episode which made it possible to determine the existence of a criminal network based in the province of Alicante. It is estimated that the trafficking of Algerian immigrants brought this organisation a profit of €350,000.
After the investigations were carried out, the police managed to verify the materialisation of at least six episodes of sea migration with 88 Algerian immigrants involved, eight of them unaccompanied minors.
As the Ministry explains, through the police operation, €54,900 in cash, several mobile phones, and various relevant documentation for the investigation were also seized.
Previously, on Monday, February 20, the Spanish Civil Guard also arrested nine people for more than a hundred frauds related to the regulation of the situation of irregular immigrants.
In this regard, the Ministry stated that this group has benefited from €500 to €700 for the processing of the registration of the city’s dwellings in the Foral Community of Navarre. The same added that the police arrested the head of the criminal organisation without bail.
At the same time, he has also served as a point of contact between members of the criminal group and immigrants interested in fixing their situation.
The Civil Guard also revealed that out of a total of 100 registered frauds, this group had benefited €60,000.
Furthermore, earlier this month, the Spanish police arrested three more people after they were forging all kinds of travel documents and facilitating irregular migration. The arrested persons were Roma, Moroccan and Spanish citizens. In addition, the detainees, apart from falsifying documents, were also involved in crimes against public health.
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