The men behind the human trafficking to Italy

April 22, 2015 14:21

'They say I put too many aboard, but they're the ones who want to leave in a hurry.'

The words belong to Mered Medhanie, a 34-year-old Eritrean who is based in Tripoli, Libya. Known as 'The General', he is among the many people traffickers who are behind the refugee crossovers from North Africa to Italy, many of which result in deaths in the Mediterranean.

The above quote, reports the Independent, London, was from reports of wiretap evidence in the Italian press.

Another trafficker is overheard saying: 'They organised another trip a few days ago. I don't know what happened -- they probably died.'

The newspaper reports that the police in Palermo, 'who on Monday arrested 15 people in an attempt to bust one of Mediterranean's biggest people-smuggling rings, say the trafficking godfathers are still at large -- and plying their evil trade from the Libyan capital.'

To know more about this heartless trafficking trade, read here.

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