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75 smugglers nabbed

Police across Europe have broken up an Iraqi-run network that smuggled illegal immigrants into the continent for fees of up to $18,630 per person, European officials said yesterday.

"This was one of the largest coordinated actions against people smugglers ever, involving more than 1,300 police officers," Europol and Eurojust, the continent's Hague-based police and prosecution agencies, said in a joint statement.