{
  "id": 476607,
  "title": "Algerian gang arrested for 'smuggling migrants across Mediterranean' in speedboats",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/algerian-gang-arrested-for-smuggling-migrants-across-mediterranean-in-476607",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-10T13:44:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National Business",
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    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/europe/2026/08/10/algerian-gang-arrested-for-smuggling-migrants-across-mediterranean-in-speedboats/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "An Algerian-led gang accused of using used high-powered speedboats to transport migrants paying up to €12,000 ($14,000) across the Mediterranean to Spain have been arrested. In total, 78 people have been detained, including three “high-value targets” who are suspected of being the ringleaders of the criminal organisation, says Europol, the EU’s law enforcement agency, in an operation launched by…",
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        "title": "Algerian gang arrested for 'smuggling migrants across Mediterranean' in speedboats",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/algerian-gang-arrested-for-smuggling-migrants-across-mediterranean-in",
        "published": "2026-08-10T13:44:23.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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