Suspended prison for illegal migrants, international human trafficking organization caught

A local court in Szeged on Friday handed in a binding ruling one-year prison sentences, suspended for two years, to three Syrian nationals, respectively, for entering Hungary illegally in a recent attempt.

The three men, aged 30, 41 and 42, have been expelled from Hungary’s territory for a period of two years, according to the ruling.

The men were among members of a large group of migrants who attempted to illegally enter Hungary using violent means at the Roszke border crossing with Serbia on Tuesday night.

The migrants numbering 40 assembled on the Serbian side

and split into separate groups in order to climb the border fence using ladders. They pelted stones at the police officers, damaging surveillance cameras and two cars, local police said on police.hu on Wednesday. Police thwarted their multiple attempts to cross the border and arrested three migrants near the border.

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The three Syrians admitted to the crime during the court hearing.

According to index.hu, Hungarian police officers helped their Serbian colleagues to catcsh a local crime gang

buying passports from Serbian individuals and selling them to Kosovan illegal migrants who wanted to get to Western-Europe.

Members of the gang got 3-4.5 thousand EUR in each affair while the Kosovan individuals could go to Austria or Germany in return. Thanks to the Hungarian-Serbian cooperation, 11 members of the gang are behind bars already.

Source: MTI, index.hu