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France grounds plane with 303 Indians over trafficking fears

IndiaTimes Saturday, 23 December 2023
French authorities grounded a flight from the United Arab Emirates to Nicaragua carrying 303 Indian passengers after receiving a tip that it could be carrying victims of human trafficking. Special investigators are questioning all those aboard and two people are in custody pending further examination. According to the prosecutor’s office, an anonymous tip signalled that the flight, operated by Romania-based charter company Legend Airlines, was carrying people who could be victims of human trafficking. A source told passengers may have planned to travel to Central America.
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