ROME (Reuters) - Italian police said on Thursday they had arrested 13 people and dismantled an international crime gang that smuggled small groups of migrants from Greece to Italy aboard yachts.
The so-called "ghost boats" often avoid detection by coastguard patrols, allowing their passengers to vanish as soon as they reach land, escaping police registration.
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