Police in Germany earlier said there were 'numerous searches and arrests in several states', coordinated by Europol and the EU's judicial agency Eurojust.
Many of the suspects in the country were Iraqi-Kurdish and were feared to have been 'armed and dangerous', leading to the deployment of special forces to various warehouses and private addresses, reported Der Spiegel.
News of the raids came as Home Secretary Priti Patel announced her latest measure to tackle the scourge of illegal immigration, which will reportedly see the creation of a 'league table' of nations based on their level of co-operation in accepting criminals and failed asylum seekers from the UK.