Another smuggler posted his rates on Facebook. The prices are as follows: Iran to Greece = 2,500 euros. Greece to Germany = 4,000 euros. Greece to the UK = 6,000 euros. Greece to Sweden = 4,000. Greece to other EU countries = 3,500 euros.

Right now about 80 percent of our clients are Syrian, the rest are Iraqi, Iranian or Afghan. They rarely have a specific destination – we send them to Italy or Austria. They may then choose to go on to other countries on their own. Prices vary greatly between human slingers – it really depends on how much money the slinger himself is willing to spend to secure passage for his customers. If a slinger wants to spend very little money, well, there’s more risk the customers will be caught. And if the client gets arrested or died, who cares? They’ve already received part of the money up-front, so they never lose money.There are three ways to get out of Turkey: by air, sea, and land. The sea route goes to Greece. If the client opts for inflatable boats, it’s about 1,600 euros; for a fishing boat, it’s 2,400. If they want to take one of the tourist ships, it’s 3,200. The cheapest way is by land, though – if they ride in a container loaded on a truck to reach Italy or Austria, it’s about 800 euros. Some take airplanes, which cost about 12,000 dollars.It’s expensive to fly because clients need to have “notebooks” [Editor’s Note: this is a term used for Western passports]. Police can easily detect fake passports, so we need to buy real ones from Westerners in Turkey. Some slingers have as many as 50 notebooks at a time! We find customers who have similar appearances. The person who sells us the passport will wait for our customer to get through airport security checks, and will then go to the police and to their embassy to say their passport has been stolen. [Editors’ Note: While this is not discussed in the recording, our Observer says these “notebooks” cost between 2,000 and 2,800 euros. He says he met a refugee who got an Israeli passport, and studied Hebrew for months before going to the airport.]”