13 suspected human traffickers arrested (2)

(ANSA) - Milan, July 20 - Italian police on Wednesday executed arrest warrants for 13 people suspected of being involved in human-trafficking ring, sources said. The suspects were detained in the northern provinces of Monza, Milan, Brescia and Venice. The 'Transitus' probe that led to Wednesday's operation documented 20 trips in just one month for the illegal entry of around 100 migrants, the sources said.
    Police were unable track down three of the 13 suspects in Italy, sources said.
    The officers seized cars used for take the migrants from Italy to northern Europe.
    Six members of the gang are Egyptian, three Albanian, two Romanian, one Syrian and one Brazilian and they are aged between 26 and 25 and had permits to reside in Italy. The probe was opened in 2014 thanks to evidence given by an Egyptian who had turned down an approach to work for the gang as a driver, sources said.