MOSCOW, March 14 (RAPSI) – Officers of the Federal Security Service (FSB) and the Interior Ministry have arrested 60 alleged members of an organization behind transportation of people to Syria and Iraq for participation in fights on the side of the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist organization prohibited in Russia, the FSB press-service reports.
According to FSB, law enforcement agencies stopped activity of a criminal group operating in the Moscow Region and Moscow, which, in addition to transportation of ISIS supporters, also organized unlawful legalization of immigrants from Central Asia.
During the searches three laboratories for production of forged documents, related equipment and passports of foreign countries were found.