Police across Europe have broken up a major Iraqi-run human trafficking network.
European officials said that a police sweep in nine countries netted 75 people alleged to be involved in the smuggling of illegal immigrants. The coordinated raids, code-named "Operation Baghdad", were conducted in Germany, France, Belgium, Greece, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Britain and the Netherlands. Police said that illegal immigrants - mostly from Afghanistan, China, Turkey and Bangladesh - paid up to 12,000 euros to be smuggled into Europe. The European Commission estimates that there are up to eight million illegal immigrants living in Europe. About 90,000 were expelled last year.
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