Three suspects have been handed over to Belgian authorities after being apprehended in early July in Germany as part of an international operation to dismantle a human smuggling network.
As previously reported, vehicles loaded with boats and life jackets intended for human trafficking had been discovered on the Flemish coast on a regular basis since 2019.
As a result, West Flanders police, in collaboration with international authorities, launched a joint effort to dismantle a vast network of human smugglers.
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Hewa R., the operation's ringleader, was arrested in London in early May and then placed under arrest by a Bruges investigating judge.
Following an operation in the German city of Osnabrück in July, three more suspects were apprehended, including the owner of a transport company, and they have been handed over to the Belgian judicial system in Bruges.
