Woman arrested for housing, extorting irregular migrants
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A 34-year-old woman was arrested in central Athens on January 31 for operating an informal hostel hiding migrants who had entered Greece illegally.
According to the police, officers conducting a raid in a house in the area of Agios Panteleimonas found seven migrants living there who lacked the required legal documents.
The migrants had entered Greece with the help of a criminal gang and were being held in the house under the supervision of the woman, until they could repay their debts.
The woman, a foreign national, is accused of violating the immigration code, extortion and kidnapping.
Police is also searching for two accomplices.
