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French authorities grounded a Nicaragua-bound plane carrying 300 Indian passengers on suspicion of ‘human trafficking’, AFP reported. The authorities in France informed that the plane was grounded over suspected “human trafficking”.
The AFP report stated that the plane had taken off from the United Arab Emirates. The flight, carried out by Romanian charter company Legend Airlines, had departed from Dubai and landed at the small Vatry airport on Thursday afternoon for a technical stopover when police intervened, the Marne prefect’s office said in a statement.
The aircraft carrying passengers “likely to be victims of human trafficking” was detained on Thursday after an anonymous tipoff, the Paris public prosecutor’s office told AFP.
The national anti-organised crime unit JUNALCO has taken over the investigation. A unit specialising in organised crime is investigating suspicions of human trafficking and arrested two people for questioning, the Paris public prosecution office said, adding that authorities had been tipped off by an anonymous informant.
The prefecture in the northeastern department of Marne said the A340, operated by Romanian company Legend Airlines, “remained grounded on the tarmac at Vatry airport following its landing”.
The plane had been due to refuel and was carrying 303 Indian nationals, it said.
According to a people familiar with the case, the Indian passengers might have planned to travel to Central America in order to attempt illegal entry into the United States or Canada.
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Published: 22 Dec 2023, 09:38 PM IST
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