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EU police foil child trafficking gang

by indymb | May 29, 2006

Rome - A Europe-wide child trafficking gang has been broken up following an investigation led by Italian police.

[Children] were trafficked into several western European countries, including the UK, but a large number of them ended up in Germany.
All 41 people arrested are Bulgarian nationals and are known to be the leaders of the gang. Aside from slavery, they face charges of illegal immigration, international drug trafficking and money-laundering.

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