(AFP) British and Belgian law enforcement officers on Monday said they had arrested three people suspected of being part of an Albanian people-smuggling ring.
The Belgian Federal Police detained two men aged 34 and 44 from Basingstoke in southern England at the coastal town of Nieuwpoort early on Sunday with 12 migrants, all of whom are believed to be Albanian.
The National Crime Agency (NCA) later arrested a third man in Aylesbury, also in southern England, on suspicion of assisting unlawful immigration.
Albanian organised crime gang groups are believed to be among the main players in smuggling migrants across the Channel to Britain from northern Europe.
