2 Arrested in Serbia Suspected of Smuggling Cubans to Spain as A part of an Worldwide Crime Group

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian police mentioned Monday they’ve arrested two folks suspected of serving to smuggling Cubans towards Spain as a part of a world crime group.

The 2 Serbian residents have been arrested in a monthslong investigation in cooperation with Spain, the Interpol and Europol, police mentioned in a press release. They mentioned 18 extra suspects have been arrested in Spain.

The suspects in Serbia are accused of organizing the unlawful switch of a minimum of 53 folks to neighboring nations — North Macedonia or Bosnia — and on to Spain, mentioned the assertion.

Serbia, a southeastern European nation situated on the Balkan peninsula, is on the coronary heart of a key land route for migrants attempting to achieve European Union.

The nation in April revoked a visa-free journey association with Cuba following stories of Cubans shifting on towards Spain and different EU nations after first coming to Serbia as vacationers.

Serbia additionally imposed visas earlier this yr for the residents of Burundi, Tunisia and India for a similar motive and below strain from the EU, which is in search of to curb migration into the 27-nation bloc.

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