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Migrants paid up to $500 million in smuggling fees on European sea routes

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Migrants paid up to $500 million in smuggling fees on European sea routes

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The price tag for smuggling on European sea routes reached up to half a billion dollars last year, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the UN migration office, IOM, reported on Wednesday.

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