The Israel Police arrested six individuals on Monday for allegedly running a human-trafficking ring that brought thousands of foreigners into Israel illegally.
According to investigators, the smuggling ring included employees at the Ben Gurion International Airport, who allegedly exploited their special access to overcome passport control and bring the foreigners, mostly Georgian, to Israel.
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Police suspect the airport employees were bribed in order to help the smugglers breach security.
The ring was active from early 2017 with several separate groups coordinating their activity, some in Israel and the others abroad.
"This was akin to an underground tunnel that was operating right under our noses at the airport," a senior law-enforcement official said on Monday. "If Georgians could arrive this way, so could terrorists, but we have no indication of this actually happening," he said.
