{"id":5805,"date":"2014-12-03T22:15:49","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T22:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/munkhafadat.com\/en\/?p=5805"},"modified":"2014-12-03T22:15:49","modified_gmt":"2014-12-03T22:15:49","slug":"italy-police-bust-eritrean-people-trafficking-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/munkhafadat.com\/en\/uncategorized\/italy-police-bust-eritrean-people-trafficking-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy police bust Eritrean people trafficking ring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"articleTeaser\"><strong>Italian police said on Wednesday they had busted an Eritrean trafficking ring accused of smuggling migrants into Europe on perilous Mediterranean boat crossings, including one in which 244 people died.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelocal.it\/20141123\/nearly-800-migrants-rescued-off-italy\">Nearly 800 migrants rescued off Italy<\/a><\/strong><span class=\"small\"> (23 Nov 14)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelocal.it\/20141121\/migrants-dice-with-death-to-reach-europe\">Migrants dice with death to reach Europe<\/a><\/strong><span class=\"small\"> (21 Nov 14)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelocal.it\/20141119\/mafia-cashes-in-on-sicilys-migrant-influx\">Mafia &#8216;cashes in&#8217; on Sicily&#8217;s migrant influx<\/a><\/strong><span class=\"small\"> (19 Nov 14)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"articleContent\">\n<p>Police arrested ten Eritreans after an investigation uncovered &#8220;existence of\u00a0a transnational organization, operating in Italy, Libya, Eritrea, and other\u00a0North-African states,&#8221; according to a statement released by police in Catania,\u00a0Sicily, where the investigation was launched in May.<\/p>\n<p>The group organized boat departures from Libya to Italy, with\u00a0&#8220;footsoldiers&#8221; in the Lazio and Lombardy regions who provided &#8220;logistical\u00a0support to migrants and smugglers&#8230;to help them from Sicily to Italy, then\u00a0on to other countries in Europe,&#8221; Antontio Salvago of Catania police told AFP.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelocal.it\/20141121\/migrants-dice-with-death-to-reach-europe\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>SEE ALSO:\u00a0Migrants dice with death to reach Europe<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nine of those taken into custody were arrested on November 25th in Italy,\u00a0while the tenth &#8211; named as Measho Tesfamariam and accused of being one of the\u00a0ringleaders &#8211; was arrested on Tuesday in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>The group is accused of organizing 23 trips from Libya to Italy between May\u00a0and September, while Tesfamariam is alleged to have personally overseen in\u00a0Libya the departure of an overcrowded vessel which sank off the North African\u00a0coast between June 27th and 28th, killing all 224 people on board.<\/p>\n<p>During a raid in Catania, police also arrested an 11th Eritrean accused of\u00a0harbouring nine Somalians, eight of whom were minors, in a small locked room.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">The Local<\/span> &#8211; Italy`s news in English<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Italian police said on Wednesday they had busted an Eritrean trafficking ring accused of smuggling migrants into Europe on perilous Mediterranean boat crossings, including one in which 244 people died. 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