Five caught smuggling migrants into Europe via jets from Türkiye

Five people, who were smuggling migrants into Europe for $10,000
on private jets departing from Türkiye, have been arrested in Italy
and Belgium, Italian police announced on Sept. 14, according to
British private broadcaster Sky News, Trend reports citing Daily
News.

The migrants, carrying fake diplomatic IDs from St. Kitts and
Nevis, left Türkiye on private jets for their official destination
Caribbean Island but got off during the stopover in European
airports.

Following the landing, mostly in Western Europe, the migrants,
who were mostly Kurds or Iraqi citizens, destroyed their fake IDs
and applied for asylum.

The investigation, which started after noticing the suspicious
flight route, was organized by security forces from the five
European countries with the participation of the U.S. forces and
Europol.

An Italian and two Egyptian men were caught in Rome, while an
Egyptian and another Tunisian woman were detained in Brussels,
Italian police chief Constantino Scudieri explained, adding that
two suspects were still on the run.

Pointing out that the organization issued fake check and
defrauded airlines to build their own aircraft fleet, the
investigators said that the member of the organization did not make
payments to many hotels.