ZAGREB, 23 Feb 2022 - Eight people from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina are suspected of smuggling at least 119 Turkish nationals across the border in the wider area of Dubrovnik and Dalmatia, on 21 occasions in 2021 and 2022 and earning HRK 370,000, Dubrovnik police have reported.

Following months of a police investigation, seven Croatian nationals and one from BiH have been suspected of multiple crimes of illegal entry, movement and residence in Croatia and other EU member states.

"The group helped at least 119 Turkish nationals to illegally cross the border and gained HRK 370,000 for that", the police said in a press release.

"Two main perpetrators were remanded in custody while the BiH national had been taken into custody earlier. The remaining five suspects have been reported as accessories", the press release said.

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ZAGREB, 27 April, 2021 - The anti-corruption office USKOK has indicted an Afghan national and eight Croatian nationals for smuggling migrants.

The Afghan national, who is the principal defendant in the case, is charged with having organised a ring to smuggle migrants across the Croatian-Slovenian border.

The migrants were charged €600-800 for transport from the Croatian-Bosnian border to the border with Slovenia.

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