A large-scale police operation is deployed in the center of Athens. Law enforcement officers fight such phenomena as human trafficking and drug trafficking, and also check the documents of migrants.
More than 200 police officers from various services are involved in operational activities. According to iefimerida.gr, these are security forces, OPKE fighters from abroad, policemen from foot patrols, DI.AS., MAT detachments, traffic inspectors. At the same time, a drone was mobilized EL.ASfilming what is happening.
The operation began from Agios Konstantinos Street, which is a “hotbed” of outcasts, where often criminal elements “carry out deals” on human trafficking and drug distribution. Illegal immigrants of various stripes usually hang out in the area in order to find at least some kind of income, they sell stolen phones and so on.
The results of the large-scale police operation will be officially announced at its end. Undocumented immigrants will be transferred to the Amygdaleza closed camp, according to the information.
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