Eight would-be refugees found dead in Ireland

Sunday, December 9, 2001

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Hearing faint pounding and moaning, an Irish trucker discovered the bodies of eight would-be refugees and five people clinging to life in his cargo Saturday. Police said they would mount a Europe-wide hunt for the human traffickers believed responsible.

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