11.   The indictment charges the alleged ring members not only with smuggling illegal immigrants, but also with holding them hostage and laundering the proceeds.

12.   The men were also indicted on charges of smuggling illegal immigrants.

13.   The police blame an organized gang that specializes in smuggling illegal immigrants.

14.   U.S. officials said Thursday that they believe that after his release he resumed smuggling immigrants, though the indictment concerns the last two years.

15.   While most of the workers were from India, the organizations also smuggled immigrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Syria.

16.   Police said Tuesday they broke up a sophisticated ring smuggling Southeast Asian immigrants into France and putting them to work in clothing sweatshops.

17.   Police also seized two boats and arrested a Tunisian man for smuggling illegal immigrants.

18.   A man using a stolen hearse to smuggle illegal immigrants led police on a high-speed chase Monday before escaping on foot, a report said.

19.   A food services worker at John F. Kennedy International Airport used his security pass to smuggle illegal immigrants around inspectors, federal prosecutors said.

20.   A vice president and five other workers at a meatpacking plant were charged with conspiring to smuggle illegal immigrants to work for the company.