Used mainly by people from Central Asia; it winds across the states of the former Soviet Union, reaching the Scandinavian countries through a final sea lap from Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania. The route has become popular since the disintegration of the USSR.
Entry points: Finland and Sweden are the main points of entry into western Europe
The Eastern Route
Controlled by Russian organised crime, who transport Asians—mainly Indians, Armenians and Chinese. It starts from Moscow from where these Asians take a train to Belarus. And then are transported by car to the Polish border with Lithuania or Ukraine, and then finally into Europe.
Entry points: Indians with the help of organised gangs enter Poland through the 105-km-long Lithuanian border