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Police arrest 20 in human smuggling crackdown

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Updated at 5.57pm: Twenty people were arrested for allegedly laundering money for human smuggling syndicates during an island-wide operation by Hong Kong and Australian police.

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Officers from the Organised Crime and Triad Bureau conducted 19 raids at different Hong Kong locations, police revealed on Monday.

A spokesman said: ''As a result 13 women and seven men were arrested and have been detained overnight at the police headquarters in Wanchai.''

The operation is continuing.

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