German police conduct raid against group of suspected human smugglers

German news agency DPA reported that German police carried out a major raid early Wednesday against a group of suspected people smugglers.

Around 400 officers, including the Federal Police and the GSG 9 special units, searched more than 20 apartments and offices, mainly in Berlin, but also in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt.

DPA reported that five people were arrested, four of them in Berlin and one in the city of Halle, while another 12 suspects are being investigated.

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The group is said to have brought at least 90 people, mostly from Turkey and Iraq, into Germany, each paying several thousand euros.

Police officers arrest a man during a raid on March 15, 2023 in Berlin, Germany. German police raided a group of suspected human traffickers. (Paul Zinken/dpa via AP)

He was flown from Istanbul to the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo. From there, he continued his journey to Germany by car via the so-called Balkan route. Some of them were found in apartments that police searched on Wednesday.

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According to the police, the suspects mainly have Turkish or German citizenship.