THEHAGUE – A 38-year-old Eritrean man accused of being a key determine within the large-scale trafficking of Eritreans to Europe was extradited to the Netherlands, Dutch prosecutors stated on Wednesday.
The suspect, whose title was not launched, is accused of trafficking individuals to the Netherlands between 2014 and 2020.
“Alongside the way in which, in Libya, victims had been crushed, tortured and raped, whereas they had been held in camps with a whole bunch of others,” prosecutors stated in assertion.
The trafficking gangs additionally blackmailed Eritrean households within the Netherlands to pay enormous sums of cash to permit their imprisoned members of the family in Libya to journey, prosecutors stated.
When households paid up, their family members had been allowed to journey, however many didn't survive the crossing to Europe on “overcrowded and barely seaworthy boats”, the authorities stated.
Criminals have been exploiting the instability in Libya, the place there was little central authority for the reason that 2011 rebellion, by detaining migrants in warehouses and torturing them for ransom.
Beneath the idea of common jurisdiction, Dutch regulation permits instances to be introduced in opposition to international nationals for crimes dedicated overseas if victims are within the Netherlands.
1000's of refugees and migrants undertake lengthy, harmful journeys in small boats from Libya to Europe every year in the hunt for a greater life, typically drowning within the Mediterranean Sea.
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