Illegal immigrants are being moved into UK by criminal groups taking advantage of the open borders of the EU.
Last month, the leader of one group was arrested in Barcelona.
He was in possession of over 100 fake Polish ID cards and passports. He’d
helped immigrants enter the Schengen Zone then housed them here in Spain, also
France or Belgium and thence to Dublin.
More than a hundred immigrants were arrested at Spanish
airports, including Barcelona, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca, Ibiza, Santander,
Tenerife, and Alicante. Over the last couple of years it is believed the group
has helped at least 6,000 Ukrainian immigrants enter the UK illegally.
The group was nabbed due to collaboration with Europol and
Belgian, French, Polish, Spanish and British authorities. This collaboration
will continue post-Brexit.
Human trafficking is being used by a Spanish group in my
thriller Blood of the Dragon Trees.
“Laura
Reid likes her new job on Tenerife, teaching the Spanish twins Maria and
Ricardo Chávez. She certainly doesn’t want to get involved with Andrew Kirby
and his pal, Jalbala Emcheta, who work for CITES, tracking down illegal traders
in endangered species. Yet she’s undeniably drawn to Andrew, which is
complicated, as she’s also attracted to Felipe, the brother of her widower
host, Don Alonso.
“Felipe’s
girlfriend Lola is jealous and Laura is forced to take sides – risking her own
life – as she and Andrew uncover the criminal network that not only deals in
the products from endangered species, but also thrives on people trafficking.
The pair are aided by two Spanish lawmen, Lieutenant Vargas of the Guardia
Civil and Ruben Salazar, Inspector Jefe del Grupo de Homicidios de las
Canarias.
“Betrayal
and mortal danger lurk in the shadows, along with the dark deeds of kidnapping
and clandestine scuba diving…”
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