Kosovo's network hit in France

A chain of illegal immigration, which has transported 2,500 to 3,000 Albanian and Kosovo citizens to France since last year, has been dismantled and nine people have been charged.

14 people were arrested in March and this week in Senine-et Marne, Senine-Sant-Denis, Hautte-Marne, as well as Reims, Strasbourg and Metz, and nine of them, including the four network organisers, have been indicted, write French media.

The allegations concern the unauthorized “of the stranger's illegal intervention or standing on French territory by an organised gang,” told AFP Frederick Naon, Chaumont (Haure-Marne) prosecutor, declaring three persons were imprisoned.

The “Autobus fled Albania, passing through different countries and reaching as far as France, making deposits in other countries like Italy, Germany and Belgium”, he said.

Kosovo or Albanian passengers were left in France mainly in Metz and Strasbourg, with an average of four buses a week. People also arrived in France by plane, in Royce or Beauvais in particular.

Albanians paid about 200 euros to go to France, which has brought the network about 600 thousand euros in profits.

For this many add “caution and support (which can be estimated from 600 euros to 2000 euro” per person, he added.

These people initially benefited from housing assistance and potentially helped with their applications for asylum”, Lajarage said, adding that “documents supporting asylum applications “were caught on two buses on Monday and Wednesday in Metz and in Strasbourg”. /Time News/