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Foreign Ministry: Number of Romanians detained in Hungary for human trafficking rises to 18

August 28, 2015

As many as 18 Romanian citizens are currently detained in Hungary on allegations of human trafficking, after another two were taken in custody in Szeged and Fejer, apart from the 16 people already detained on August 26 and 27, spokesperson of the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Raluca Lunculescu said on Friday. “There was an […] The post Foreign Ministry: Number of Romanians detained in Hungary for human trafficking rises to 18 appeared first on Nine O`Clock.

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