An announcement issued at the weekend noted that the gang was using an apartment in the centre of Athens to illegally detain the migrants in order to extort money from their families. The police announcement pointed out that one of the five arrested was responsible for finding illegal migrants and bringing them to the apartment, where he handed them over to two gang members that acted as "jailors" and were responsible for physically and mentally abusing their victims in order to blackmail them into handing over money for their passage to another EU country.
Another of the gang members had a foreign exchange as well as cash transfer centre in Athens that was used by the members of the gang to transfer sums that they obtained through their illegal activities.
According to the same announcement, the gang is so far considered responsible for the abductions of two Iranian nationals and one Syrian national that were detained in the central Athens apartment in order to persuade their families to send money. The suspects arrested is going to be led before an Athens public prosecutor.
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