Overview

• The criminal network executed over 40 smuggling operations and charged migrants €3,000 each, generating an estimated €120,000 in illicit profits.
• Migrants traveled on Greek-issued refugee cards and received falsified passports and boarding passes in European international zones to board flights.
• Eleven individuals, including the alleged ringleader, were arrested in coordinated raids across Asturias, Cantabria, and Madrid.
• Three residential searches in Madrid, Santoña, and Torrelavega uncovered ten mobile phones, a forged passport, and detailed travel-reservation records.
• The investigation began after a Canada Border Services Agency alert in September 2024 and involved cooperation from six European nations alongside CBSA.