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21 arrests for alleged Pakistani work visa scam

Police on the southern island of Crete on Tuesday broke a criminal ring suspected of having brought hundreds of Pakistani immigrants into Greece over the past two years on fraudulently-secured work visas.

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Strong police forces were inside and outside the Heraklion Courthouse.

21 people were arrested in Crete as members of a criminal organization in Crete who, according to a relevant announcement by the Greek Police, had a "window" of a "consulting services" company in order to attract third-country nationals by promising legal work. With fictitious recruitments and fabricated information, the immigrants entered the country, where a hostage situation awaited them: their passports were taken away, and they were burdene…

The multi-member slave-trafficking ring, which had been operating for the last 2 years in Crete, Attica and Boeotia, had spread its "tentacles" to many areas, with its main activity being human trafficking and...More...

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A major police operation was carried out this morning with raids on homes and other places in Crete, Athens and Thebes.

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A Police operation was completed a short time ago, in an apartment building in Agios Nikolaos, where three foreigners were arrested, as part of the investigation into the activities of a criminal organization, whose members are alleged to have created a system of exploitation of workers, mainly from Pakistan. ELAS officers who spoke to ERT Heraklion, speak of "regular slave trade" by their fellow countrymen. Private KEPs in Athens, Thebes and He…

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www.ertnews.gr broke the news in on Tuesday, March 17, 2026.
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