TRIESTE They were flown from China to countries, such as Serbia, where they entered with a visa exemption and then, via the Balkan route, the migrants were accompanied to Italy. Subsequently, some of their compatriots transported them by car to a sorting point, a sort of safe house in Cazzago di Pianiga (Venice), for one or two days.
From there other drivers accompanied them to their final destinations, including Venice, Milan, Prato, France and Spain. Those who arrived had their passports taken away and were then sent back to China: from that moment on they became ghosts destined for exploitation until the debt incurred for the trip was repaid, relegated to workshops or tailors.
This is the modus operandi used by the Chinese criminal syndicate dedicated to aiding irregular immigration and defeated by the Trieste border police. As part of the Chinese Shuttle operation, coordinated by the Trieste prosecutor’s office – District Anti-Mafia Directorate, 9 Chinese citizens were arrested for aggravated aiding and abetting irregular immigration; On the other hand, 27 people were reported in a state of freedom, of which 3 for aiding irregular immigration and 24 for illegal entry into the territory of the State.
