Spanish police take down speedboat gang trafficking thousands of migrants into Ibiza
- Spanish authorities have announced the dismantling of a major people-smuggling operation, believed to have trafficked more than 2,000 migrants into the country and generated profits of €24 million (£20.5 million).
- The network, described by Spain's Civil Guard as "one of the most complex, active and dangerous transnational criminal networks detected to date in the Mediterranean", used speedboats to transport synthetic drugs from Spain to Algeria.
- On their return journeys, the boats then smuggled migrants to Spain's southeastern coast and the island of Ibiza.
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- Spanish authorities have announced the dismantling of a major people-smuggling operation, believed to have trafficked more than 2,000 migrants into the country and generated profits of €24 million (£20.5 million).
- The network, described by Spain's Civil Guard as "one of the most complex, active and dangerous transnational criminal networks detected to date in the Mediterranean", used speedboats to transport synthetic drugs from Spain to Algeria.
- On their return journeys, the boats then smuggled migrants to Spain's southeastern coast and the island of Ibiza.
Sources: The Independent