ATHENS (Reuters) - Police said on Wednesday they had broken up an international criminal organisation smuggling migrants and refugees through Greece, one of the main gateways into the European Union.
Officers arrested 12 people from Pakistan, Egypt, Iraq and Syria in raids on apartments and other locations across Athens early on Sunday and confiscated hundreds of fake identity cards, passports and other documents, the force said.
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