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Police arrest 29 for bringing people to EU on leisure boats

Iraqi suspect Alaa Qasim Rahima conceals his face after his arrest with his brother by Italian Finance Police, at the Venice barrack, northern Italy, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. Police in Italy and Albania arrested more than 20 people accused of cashing in several hundred million euros to smuggle hundreds of mostly Iraqi and Syrian migrants into the EU from Turkey on rented yachts and other leisure vessels, authorities said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) An Italian Finance Police agent searches a property where they arrested Iraqi suspects Alaa Qasim Rahima and Omar Qasim Rahima, in Fossalta di Piave, northern Italy, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. Police in Italy and Albania arrested more than 20 people accused of cashing in several hundred million euros to smuggle hundreds of mostly Iraqi and Syrian migrants into the EU from Turkey on rented yachts and other leisure vessels, authorities said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) Iraqi suspect Alaa Qasim Rahima is escorted by Italian Finance Police, after his arrest along with his brother, in Fossalta di Piave, northern Italy, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. Police in Italy and Albania arrested more than 20 people accused of cashing in several hundred million euros to smuggle hundreds of mostly Iraqi and Syrian migrants into the EU from Turkey on rented yachts and other leisure vessels, authorities said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) Iraqi suspect Alaa Qasim Rahima is escorted by Italian Finance Police, after his arrest along with his brother, in Fossalta di Piave, northern Italy, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. Police in Italy and Albania arrested more than 20 people accused of cashing in several hundred million euros to smuggle hundreds of mostly Iraqi and Syrian migrants into the EU from Turkey on rented yachts and other leisure vessels, authorities said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) Iraqi suspects Alaa Qasim Rahima, second left and Omar Qasim Rahima, second right, conceal their faces after their arrest by Italian Finance Police, at the Venice barrack, northern Italy, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. Police in Italy and Albania arrested more than 20 people accused of cashing in several hundred million euros to smuggle hundreds of mostly Iraqi and Syrian migrants into the EU from Turkey on rented yachts and other leisure vessels, authorities said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Police arrest 29 for bringing people to EU on leisure boats