(ANSA) - Palermo, July 12 - An Eritrean man arrested in Sudan
and extradited to Italy on charges of running one of the largest
human trafficking gangs in Africa is the wrong man, a Palermo
court said Friday.
The man in the dock is not alleged trafficking kingpin Mered
Medhanie Yedhego but actually Medhanie Tesfamariam Bere, a
carpenter who is also involved in migrant trafficking and who
has been sentenced to five years for abetting trafficking, the
judges said.
The court ordered Bere to be released.
The case has gained international headlines.
Extradited Eritrean wrong man say judges
Carpenter released by Palermo court