Czech police recommend people smuggling charges for 14

Czech police have recommended that 14 people be charged with organising illegal migration from Turkey to Czechia and elsewhere in Europe. The accused are in custody on suspicion of smuggling at least 2,000 people across state borders, a crime that is punishable by up to 16 years in prison.

A spokesperson for the police’s organised crime unit said on Tuesday that progress had been made in the case, which involves 13 foreigners and one Czech.

Since they were first charged last June the police have revised upward the number of suspected cases of illegal migration connected to the 14.