(Kathimerini) Police say they have unraveled a migrant trafficking [ring] that operated from within the prisons of Hania on the island of Crete and Korydallos in Attica.
The network, one of the largest trafficking circuits in the country, transferred migrants from the border with Turkey in Evros elsewhere on the mainland. Its leader was a 39-year-old — identified alternately as a Syrian or an Iraqi national — who is serving multiple sentences for people trafficking. He reportedly used WhatsApp to coordinate the trafficking. Another three inmates at the prisons of Korydallos, Amfissa and Komotini were also involved in the trafficking ring and are also serving sentences for people trafficking.
