Two detained after French police ground aeroplane suspected of human trafficking
French police detained two passengers on an aeroplane carrying about 300 Indian citizens, including unaccompanied minors, on suspicion of human trafficking following an anonymous tip.
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00:00 French police have grounded an airplane carrying some 300 passengers,
00:05 including unaccompanied minors, on suspicion of human trafficking.
00:09 Two passengers were detained for questioning.
00:11 According to a source, the passengers might have been planning to travel to Central America
00:16 to attempt a legal entry into the US or Canada.
00:19 I think it's the first time, as far as I know,
00:22 that an airplane, it seems, entirely, with all its passengers,
00:28 is grounded on suspicion of human trafficking.
00:33 Organized crime has a lot of imagination.
00:37 The plane had been due to refuel and was carrying 303 Indian nationals
00:43 who had probably been working in the United Arab Emirates.
00:46 The airline has said it had committed no offence
00:48 and is at the disposal of the French authorities,
00:51 but it said it would take legal action if the prosecutors file charges.
00:55 (wind blowing)
00:58 (whooshing)