Algerian police announced on Wednesday the arrest of an international network that worked on transferring migrants from Syria to Europe through Algeria.
According to a statement posted on Facebook by the Algerian police, the Central Department of the Fight against Organized Crime, affiliated with the Directorate General for National Security, arrested this week nine Syrians and six Algerians, among them two women, suspected of belonging to this network. The police also seized more than $11,000 and 9,000 euros, as well as currency in Lebanese and Syrian pounds, during the operation.