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BUDAPEST, Hungary — Some paid tens of thousands for a dream ticket to Europe but ended up working in slavelike conditions on marijuana plantations. The traffickers even set up travel agencies to get victims into airports off the beaten track.
The grim picture of human smuggling emerged in Buda pest on Tuesday when Hungarian and British police announced they had cracked down on a network of smugglers whose illicit — but lucrative — activities were detected across Europe.
Police have arrested 98 people connected to the ring in the past two years, including several counterfeiters who prepared fake documents for the Vietnamese victims.
Denver Post wire services
