Slovenian man charged in Istria on suspicion of migrant smuggling
Croatian police have arrested a Slovenian man whom they suspect of smuggling foreign nationals in the Buzet area of Istria.
Slovenian man charged in Istria on suspicion of migrant smuggling
Croatian police officers intercepted foreign nationals who had unlawfully entered the country in the Buzet area of Istria last Friday. In connection with the same case, a Slovenian man has been charged, whom police suspect of smuggling migrants.
The incident occurred on the territory of the Republic of Croatia, where the competent authorities conducted an operation against unlawful crossing of the state border. According to information from the portal regionalobala.si, Croatian police officers intercepted a group of foreign nationals near Buzet.
Managing unlawful migration and human smuggling remains one of the priorities of police forces in the region. Cases of migrant smuggling on the Croatian-Slovenian border and in the Istria area have been frequent in recent years.
Croatian authorities are continuing the investigation to determine all circumstances of the case and any potential links between the suspect and organised human smuggling networks.
Source: Google News SI — Crime (sl)