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Tosks and Arabs filling up Greek jails
21 July 2017 12:30AM
A suspected people trafficker thought to have headed an organised crime group smuggling around 100 Syrian migrants a day into western Europe has been extradited to Greece after a long legal battle.
Palestinian Jamal Owda, 28, who was first arrested in Liverpool two years ago, only lost his appeal against extradition in May and could not be removed due to an asylum claim which has now been rejected.
He was one of 23 people arrested across Europe as part multi-agency operation led by the Hellenic Police.
Fifteen members of the crime group have already received sentences totalling 155 years and 6,000,000 euro in fines.
The Greek authorities believe the crime group, which had its headquarters in Greece, could have earned nearly 10 million euro (£8.9 million) since 2013 by charging migrants for transportation, forged travel documents and housing.
At an earlier extradition hearing, he protested "total innocence" and expressed concerns at the poor conditions of Greek prisons if he was sent there for trial.
Owda was handed over to the Greek authorities on Tuesday and taken from Athens to Thessaloniki on Wednesday, where he will remain in custody until his trial.
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