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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8311

4 October 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 38
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/europol
80 arrests in human being smuggling network

Brussels, 03/10/2002 (Agence Europe) - The European Office of Police (Europol) announced on Wednesday that it has helped to smash a criminal network involved in the trafficking of human beings, by arresting around 80 people. "Operation Girasole" or "Sunflower" was launched by the Italian authorities and then progressively involved other Member States in Europol co-operation. Europol explained that, "individuals and travel companies based in the Ukraine were the major operators in promoting...

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