Austria Austria uncovers new human trafficking ring

2 Sep 2011 | smuggling

‘Pakistan Today’ reports that in just over a week more than 180 illegals were discovered in five smuggling attempts by Austrian police. Most of them were refugees from India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq. They hid below the floorboards in extreme circumstances, and in many cases there were children among them. After the sudden surge of cases urged Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner Wednesday urged further cross-border cooperation in fighting smuggling. “The external (EU) borders are too permeable, the measures within the EU half-hearted”, she said.

Source : Pakistan Today