By Alex Glenn • Published: 11 Jan 2021 • 15:49
National Police Credit: Twitter
ALMERIA arrests for Immigration and Human Trafficking during 2020. The National Police presented the 2020 data showing that during the year 63 arrests had been made in relation to crimes regarding Irregular Immigration Networks and Human Trafficking. The FRONTEX Agency worked alongside the police and arrests were made for bringing people into Spain, and endangering life in the process, mainly using boats in bad condition. There were also 41 arrests for social security fraud, where individuals had obtained benefits whilst working without having waited the correct amount of time to claim. Additionally, around 30 women were rescued that had been unwillingly forced into prostitution.
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