Turkish Police arrests Pakistani origion international human smuggling gang
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ISTANBUL - 57 Pakistani immigrants chained up in basement of a building in Istanbul were rescued by Turkish Police while three human smugglers were arrested on Tuesday.
According to Turkish media, the detained human smugglers had told the migrants that they would take them to Europe for $10,000, with the money to be paid after they arrived.
Some among the rescued Pakistani immigrants were found to be tortured.
Police also detained three traffickers of Pakistani origin on suspicion of misleading the migrants during the raid on the European side of the city.
The migrants had reportedly hoped to reach Europe via Greece or Italy, giving a code to the traffickers to access the money upon reaching Europe.
However, the human trafficking gang mainly made up of Pakistanis demanded the $10,000 upfront and told the migrants chained in Istanbul to call their families to tell them they had reached Europe already and to transfer the money, the daily said.
The incident comes days after bullet-riddles bodies of 20 people attempting to illegally cross into Iran on their way to Europe via Turkey were found near Balochistan's Turbat area in two separate incidents.
