Eight people arrested in Belgium on suspicion of human trafficking

The Antwerp federal judicial police have arrested eight people as part of an investigation into an Afghan criminal organization suspected of being involved in human trafficking, the Antwerp prosecutor's office announced on Thursday.

The Federal Judicial Police of Antwerp (PJF) arrested 8 people in an investigation into an Afghan criminal organisation that is said to be involved in trafficking in human beings, said the Antwerp Public Prosecutor's Office on Thursday. Eight other arrests were carried out abroad in the same case. Victims were to enter Belgium, then the United Kingdom, from the Middle East via the Balkan region. Wednesday's police operation was organised in coll…