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Police in Turkey save 68 Syrian children from forced begging

by DAILY SABAH WITH AA

ISTANBUL Sep 28, 2020 - 12:43 pm GMT+3
Members of the Turkish police special forces stand guard at the police headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey, January 17, 2017. (Reuters File Photo)
Members of the Turkish police special forces stand guard at the police headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey, January 17, 2017. (Reuters File Photo)
by DAILY SABAH WITH AA Sep 28, 2020 12:43 pm

Istanbul police on Monday saved nearly 70 Syrian children during an operation to stop forced begging.

According to Anadolu Agency (AA), security forces launched simultaneous operations at dawn against nine addresses in Istanbul’s Sultangazi district.

Following the operation, 24 Syrian suspects were detained and 68 children were saved from a life of begging on the streets to collect money for their would-be beneficiaries.

Police had reportedly been monitoring the suspects step-by-step using technical surveillance over the course of three months.

The suspects were shown to have gathered children from different areas of Syria after “renting” them from their families and bringing them to Istanbul illegally.

The suspects forced the children to beg across Istanbul and held them captive in several locations around the city, AA reported.

In the raid, TL 250,000 ($32,100) and 228,500 Syrian pounds ($446), as well as amounts in other currencies, were seized.

Interrogations of the suspects are ongoing.

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