Human TraffickingNews

Hidden in a specially designed space under a TIR truck, fifteen migrants were found at Romania’s western border

Romanian border police officers carried out a check on an unloaded road complex, consisting of tractor and semi-trailer, driven by a 45-year-old Romanian citizen, residing in Arad County. The driver said he was traveling to a neighboring country to load various goods.

Fifteen foreign nationals were found hidden inside the pallet boxes of the semi-trailer after carrying out a thorough inspection of the truck.

The people were taken to the headquarters of the sector for research and during the preliminary checks, it was established that they are citizens of Iraq, Syria and Turkey.