Five migrant smugglers, three
Bangladeshis and two Sudanese, who landed on 26 December in
Lampedusa, were arrested by the police Monday for criminal
conspiracy, aiding and abetting aggravated illegal immigration,
torture, and kidnapping for the purpose of extortion in their
treatment of migrants making the perilous crossing from Libya to
Italy before the crossings were made from the North African
country.
Arrest warrants from the Palermo DDA anti-mafia office, issued
last Tuesday, was validated by the preliminary investigations
judge (GIP), who ordered the precautionary measure in prison for
the five suspects.
Some migrants reportedly denounced the violence they were
allegedly subjected to in a Libyan 'safehouse' throughout their
stay inside the compound and until shortly before their
departure for Sicily
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