News / Crime gang used containers to smuggle stolen cars to West Africa

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French police have arrested 13 members of a criminal network specialised in stealing luxury vehicles and trafficking them through European ports to West Africa in shipping containers.

The network recruited children to drive the valuable stolen vehicles to various European ports. From there, the cars were concealed in containers and shipped to West Africa.

In total, law enforcement identified more than 170 vehicles transported from Belgian, Dutch, French, German, and Spanish ports through this network.

European countries, Interpol and Europol, the EU agency ...