Two Georgian citizens were arrested by Bosnia and Herzegovina’s border police after they were found allegedly smuggling five foreign nationals near the Kamensko border crossing with Croatia in the west of the country on July 15, RFE/RL’s Balkan Service reported on July 16.
According to the report, citing local police, four of the foreign nationals in the vehicle did not have identification documents but said they were from Bangladesh and Pakistan, while the fifth was a Turkish citizen. They were reportedly found with the two Georgian citizens, who allegedly smuggled them into the country, near the border in the vicinity of the city of Livno in a vehicle with German license plates.
Under Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Criminal Code, migrant smuggling is punishable by up to 15 years in prison. RFE/RL’s Balkan Service noted that foreign nationals have played an increasingly prominent role in migrant smuggling through the country, with authorities previously arresting citizens of Turkey, Egypt, Moldova, Ukraine, Bulgaria, and Afghanistan on similar charges.
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