The crackdown targeted an Iraqi-Kurdish criminal network allegedly smuggling irregular migrants from the Middle East and East Africa to France and the UK.
Interior Minister Nancy Faeser described the raids as a 'hard blow against brutal' smugglers, emphasizing the risks posed by gangs to human lives.
As of December 1, 2024, over 33,684 people crossed the Channel into the UK via small boats, with reports of at least 72 fatalities this year.
German police, with more than 500 officers involved, executed raids across North Rhine-Westphalia and Baden-Wurttemberg to dismantle the smuggling operation.
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