(AFP) Poland has dismantled an alleged migrant trafficking network at the Polish-Belarusian border which was suspected of providing millions of dollars in financing to armed groups like Hezbollah, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Thirty-six Polish, Ukrainian, Iraqi and Belarusian members of the alleged network have so far been charged, they added.
“The process consisted of organising the illegal migration of Iraqis, Syrians and Palestinians via the Polish-Belarusian border towards the German border,” prosecutors said.
Prosecutors identified two alleged leaders of the network — Syrian Ahmad R. who resides in Germany, and Mohammed A., known as Abu Josef — as part of a joint investigation.
