PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s prosecutors on Wednesday charged 27 Kosovars with smuggling migrants to a neighboring country.
The prosecutors in a statement said the suspects collaborated to transport some 700 Syrians to neighboring Serbia on their way to Western Europe.
If convicted, they face up to 10 years in prison.
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