Human smuggling gang busted in central, eastern Europe

VIENNA, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Police have busted an international smuggling gang, believed to have smuggled tens of thousands of migrants from Hungary to Austria, in central and eastern Europe, Austria's interior ministry said Thursday.

Austria's interior minister Gerhard Karner told a press conference that 205 members of the gang had been arrested in Austria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania, Austrian news agency APA reported.