Members of the Islamic State, Al-Qaeda and the Haqqani network can now reach Europe more easily than ever before.
Welt am Sonntag came forward with exclusive material: they obtained a report from the Hungarian secret service sent to the Allies, in which our intelligence officers warn Germany of no less a risk than
human trafficking on the Balkan route is controlled by the Taliban, the Islamist terrorist organization that has ruled Afghanistan since the American withdrawal.
In the document, our services inform Germany: since the outbreak of the war between Israel and Hamas, "there has been an increased risk of terrorism, which is closely linked to immigration pressure", since illegal immigration on the Balkan migration route can also be used by terrorist networks. They also identified smuggling gangs that, according to the Hungarian services, are "under the direct control of the Taliban secret service", because their leaders are relatives of members of the Taliban government and the Haqqani militia network linked to the Taliban.
Our intelligence officers paid special attention to two Afghan gangs - one known by the code name "400-59" and the other "313" - which compete with each other and herd migrants with Kalashnikovs.
Group 313 smuggles a person from Hungary to Germany for 3,000 euros and from Serbia for 2,500 euros.
The Hungarian secret service document also drew the attention of the Germans to the fact that members of the Islamic State, Al-Qaeda and the Haqqani network can now reach Europe more easily than ever before, because they can "without any problems" receive Tajik passports, which grant them visa-free entry to Russia.
And they can easily fly from Moscow to Belgrade "in almost a day", and from there the European Union is just a hop away.
Gerald Tatzgern, the head of the Austrian Ministry of the Interior's operational office responsible for combating human trafficking, also confirms to Welt that migration pressure is very high in the Balkans "mainly due to the fact that Pakistan expels around 1.7 million Afghans, some of whom want to smuggle themselves to Europe". , and it cannot be ruled out that there may be extremists among them.
Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann also responded to Welt's article, saying that "robust protection of the external borders would be necessary".
According to the head of the ministry, "we can dispense with internal border controls only if the external borders are safe". Herrmann warns that, otherwise, in addition to smugglers and heavyweight criminals, terrorists can also take advantage of the security loopholes.
The report has since been read by Germany's neighbors, according to information from Welt.
Cover image: The Serbian police arrest illegal migrants, but they only take them to the reception centers, from where they can leave freely
Source: Serbian Ministry of the Interior
