Arrested Malians reveal the existence of international network for smuggling African illegal immigrants

Investigations by the security services of Ghardaia, south of Algeria, and in other southern localities, discovered that the Malians who were arrested last week end along with a group of African illegal immigrants who owned documents and seals of governmental services in Mali and forged passports belong to an international organized network involved in illegal trade across the borders.

• The two Malians, who were caught carrying chemicals which were used in fraud and swindling operations on people from various southern regions, recognize that the activity of this network stretches across three African countries which are Nigeria, Mali and Niger and reach Maghnia in the southern Algerian borders, via a number of the southern localities such as Tamenrasset, Adrar and Ghardaia.
• The gang is conducted, according to the preliminary results, by Algerians and Malians who smuggled years ago large quantities of African illegal immigrants from both sexes towards the southern cities then to the western border regions like Telemsen and Meghnia, which is are used as a transit stations of African illegal immigrants towards European countries in return for large amounts of money.