#Pakistan
"The number of Pakistani nationals running global smuggling rackets ranging from supplying missile parts to fake currencies to human trafficking is rising, something noted after the Spanish police recently busted a major global fake currency racket with the arrest of several Pakistani citizens who had been supplying 100 Euro notes worth $1.1 million across Europe and beyond.
The Pakistani gangsters made the banknotes by hand, using special inks, watermarks and different elements to hoodwink detection mechanisms.
The gangsters were based in Naples and Rome in Italy and Barcelona in Spain. The fake notes were distributed in Italy, France, Greece and Spain.
The police authorities in Spain, Italy and Greece were alerted last November when a large number of counterfeit notes were found circulating in Barcelona. The arrests were made at Barcelona airport and the city bus station when the distributors were found carrying 70,000 Euros in counterfeit notes.
The latest case involving Pakistanis in a global human trafficking racket was detected in Italy early this month. At least nine members of the gang were detained for smuggling migrants along the Balkan Road."
The arrested were part of a criminal organisation engaged in bringing illegal migration along the Balkan route. The gangsters were also found to intimidate hapless victims of their thuggery. One of the victims was held in an apartment located in the centre of Siena..."
"The number of Pakistani nationals running global smuggling rackets ranging from supplying missile parts to fake currencies to human trafficking is rising, something noted after the Spanish police recently busted a major global fake currency racket with the arrest of several Pakistani citizens who had been supplying 100 Euro notes worth $1.1 million across Europe and beyond.
The Pakistani gangsters made the banknotes by hand, using special inks, watermarks and different elements to hoodwink detection mechanisms.
The gangsters were based in Naples and Rome in Italy and Barcelona in Spain. The fake notes were distributed in Italy, France, Greece and Spain.
The police authorities in Spain, Italy and Greece were alerted last November when a large number of counterfeit notes were found circulating in Barcelona. The arrests were made at Barcelona airport and the city bus station when the distributors were found carrying 70,000 Euros in counterfeit notes.
The latest case involving Pakistanis in a global human trafficking racket was detected in Italy early this month. At least nine members of the gang were detained for smuggling migrants along the Balkan Road."
The arrested were part of a criminal organisation engaged in bringing illegal migration along the Balkan route. The gangsters were also found to intimidate hapless victims of their thuggery. One of the victims was held in an apartment located in the centre of Siena..."
Pakistani-run international smuggling gangs are rising in number | VT Foreign Policy
The number of Pakistani nationals running global smuggling rackets ranging from supplying missile parts to fake currencies to human trafficking is rising, something noted after the Spanish police recently busted a major global fake currency racket with the arrest of several Pakistani citizens who ha..
https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/03/pakistani-run-smuggling-gangs/
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