US EditionCosta Rican police say they busted crime ring trafficking Asian migrants to US
- Costa Rican authorities arrested 19 people on Wednesday in multi-city raids targeting a transnational organized crime structure involved in human trafficking and money laundering.
- The arrests came after an investigation that started more than a year ago, conducted jointly with Panamanian authorities, aimed at dismantling networks responsible for trafficking migrants to the United States.
- Authorities discovered that the group trafficked hundreds of migrants, mainly from China and Vietnam, who were sheltered across multiple hotels in Corredores and Los Chiles before being transported by land, sea, and air.
- Police uncovered at least 437 trafficked individuals and seized high-caliber weapons and cash, while traffickers charged fees ranging from $7,000 to $40,000, depending on the migrants' nationality.
- The detainees are expected to appear in court with lawyers present as searches continue, and migrants were illegally moved to Nicaragua’s border to proceed to the United States.
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Costa Rican police say they busted crime ring trafficking Asian migrants to US | News Channel 3-12
By Djenane Villanueva, Max Saltman and Ivonne Valdes, CNN (CNN) — Costa Rican authorities said they arrested 19 people accused of trafficking hundreds of predominantly Asian migrants to the United States. The arrests Wednesday came during multi-city raids aimed at disrupting what Costa Rica’s immigration police call “a transnational organized crime structure” dedicated to human trafficking and money laundering. “The operations were carried out i…
Costa Rican police say they busted crime ring trafficking Asian migrants to US
By Djenane Villanueva, Max Saltman and Ivonne Valdes, CNN (CNN) — Costa Rican authorities said they arrested 19 people accused of trafficking hundreds of predominantly Asian migrants to the United States. The arrests Wednesday came during multi-city raids aimed at disrupting what Costa Rica’s immigration police call “a transnational organized crime structure” dedicated to human trafficking and money laundering. “The operations were carried out i…
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