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A lawyer for Legend Airlines, whose charter plane was grounded in France for a human trafficking investigation, has said some passengers did not want to go to India because they were tourists and had paid for a tourism trip to Nicaragua.. Further, the airline has denied any role in possible human trafficking...
The flight, carrying 303 passengers, mostly Indians, was grounded in France last week for a human trafficking investigation...
When the plane stopped at France's Vatry Airport in Champagne country for refueling on Thursday, it was grounded by police based on an anonymous tip that it could be carrying human trafficking victims...
Local French authorities said that 276 of the original 303 passengers boarded the flight to India, and 25 others requested asylum in France...
Meanwhile, French authorities are working to determine the aim of the original flight, and opened a judicial inquiry into activities by an organised criminal group helping foreigners enter or stay in a country illegally, the prosecutor's office said...
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