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German police make arrests in nationwide raids on human traffickers

Published: 31 Jan 2018 - 10:35 am | Last Updated: 05 Nov 2021 - 06:04 am
File picture used for representation.

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BERLIN: German police said on Wednesday they had raided properties and made arrests across the country in an operation to crack down on human traffickers.

Police tweeted that they had carried out the raids and arrests in Berlin, Bremen, North Rhine-Westphalia and Saxony.

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