'Mafia' blamed for smuggling Kurds into France

Criminal gangs from Turkey and Iraq were responsible for smuggling Iraqi Kurds aboard a freighter that ran aground in France, police said.

'Mafia' blamed for smuggling Kurds into France
Sun, 18 Feb, 2001 - 16:35

Criminal gangs from Turkey and Iraq were responsible for smuggling Iraqi Kurds aboard a freighter that ran aground in France, police said.

Police said "an Iraqi-Turkish mafia ring" brought 910 people on the boat.

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