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Major raid against smugglers in eight federal states

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Searches and arrests in large-scale operations in eight federal states

There were raids against smugglers in eight federal states on Wednesday morning

© Hannes P. Albert / DPA

The police are taking action against international smugglers with a major raid on Wednesday morning. Ten arrest warrants have been executed.

The Federal police and the public prosecutor’s office took action against members of an international smuggling gang in a major operation in eight federal states on Wednesday morning. The Düsseldorf public prosecutor’s office and the Sankt Augustin Federal Police Directorate said ten people were arrested.

More than 1,000 officers have been searching 101 residential and commercial premises since the morning, including two law firms. There are operations in Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Berlin, Hamburg, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Schleswig-Holstein.

Arrest warrants against lawyers in major raid against smugglers

By taking advantage of special regulations for foreign skilled workers, the suspected smuggling gang is said to have wrongly obtained residence permits for around 350 mostly Chinese nationals in exchange for five- and six-figure sums, the federal police and public prosecutor’s office said. Arrest warrants had been obtained in advance against the ten arrested. Among them are a lawyer and a lawyer.