Arrested migrant trafficker on list of terror suspects

(Kathimerini) A 39-year-old Iraqi who was arrested in central Athens on Tuesday on migrant trafficking charges is on a list of Islamic terrorism suspects, state officials have confirmed to Kathimerini.

Mohammed T. was arrested with an Egyptian, nicknamed “Abu George,” in an operation conducted by the Aliens Bureau, the EYP intelligence service and the police counterterrorism unit on charges of smuggling migrants and possessing 900 forged passports and IDs from various European countries. Two more foreign nationals are also wanted in the same case — an Algerian and a man of African descent known as “Kuta.”

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