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Five people were arrested in Serbia on suspicion of trafficking in the territory of the Republic of Serbia and the Kingdom of Belgium as a criminal group.
Source: B92
Illustration: EPA-EFE / MONIRUL ALAM
After several months of international investigation, the police arrested MR (1984), MI (1981), RM (1986), VV (1963) and IJ (1980), all in the vicinity of Zabalj, due to the existence of motives. to suspect that they committed the crime of human trafficking.
The arrests were carried out by members of the Ministry of the Interior, the Service for Combating Organized Crime, in cooperation with police officers from the Novi Sad Police Department and in coordination with the Organized Crime Prosecutor’s Office and the Novi Sad Superior Prosecutor’s Office.
They are accused that, as members of a criminal group whose suspect is the organizer of MR, from February to the second half of October 2019, they took three Serbian citizens, deceiving that they would do a well-paid job as a painter in Belgium, to this country where they were forced to steal.
The victims are suspected of being forced to steal several tons of copper and other metals daily from factories in the city of Charlois, which they later sold as waste.
In this way, it is suspected that the members of the criminal group illegally obtained amounts of between 1,000 and 1,500 euros a day, which they used to buy real estate, cars and other personal needs.
During the search of the apartments where the suspects are staying, the police found around 5,000 euros, two pistols with ammunition, a larger quantity of gold jewelery and several mobile phones.
The suspects were detained for up to 48 hours and will be taken to the Novi Sad High Prosecutor’s Office, along with a criminal report.
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