German police and customs last month carried out dozens of raids across the country to stop alleged trafficking of temporary workers coming from outside the European Union, including from the Balkans.
The Federal Police in Berlin announced on Twitter that the raids had started and that the police had searched houses and companies, focusing on the capital of Germany and the state of Brandenburg, but also on the premises in Bremen and Lower Saxony, reports the AP agency.
About 1,000 police officers are involved in raids and investigations against 20 people suspected of involvement in the alleged forgery of EU citizenship documents and the placement of workers in large logistics companies.
Police carried out several arrest warrants and seized property worth several million euros, but no further details were released. The names of the suspects and companies were also not released in accordance with German privacy rules.
The suspects allegedly ran a network of temporary employment agencies in the Balkans and Germany, including fictitious companies. Through these companies, the suspects then allegedly represented non-EU workers as EU citizens, using forged identity documents and placing them in large German logistics companies.
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