A total of 400 police officers took part in the operation, which involved federal police, the public prosecutor's office, and central customs authorities.
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00:00At least four people have been arrested in southwestern Germany in a series of raids
00:06conducted on suspicion of human smuggling, according to the federal police.
00:13The raids were carried out in Mannheim and in the area surrounding Karlsruhe, with a
00:17total of 24 properties searched.
00:23A gang of seven smugglers, both men and women, are being investigated.
00:32They are alleged to have brought people from countries in the Middle East and the Caucasus
00:36to Germany and, at least in some cases, allowed them to work in the country without a residency
00:41permit.
00:45A total of 400 police officers were deployed to conduct the raids, with the federal police,
00:50the Public Prosecutor's Office and Central Customs involved in the investigation.