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Eritrean trafficker wanted by Netherlands arrested in Sudan, Dutch prosecutors say

Eritrean trafficker wanted by Netherlands arrested in Sudan, Dutch prosecutors say

DUTCH prosecutors said that an Eritrean man with a conviction for human trafficking who has been on the Netherlands' most wanted list since 2021 had been arrested in Sudan. The Netherlands will request that Kidane Zekarias Habtemariam is extradited, said prosecutors, who want to try him on charges related to his alleged people-smuggling ring. The 39-year-old was arrested on Sunday in a police operation against money laundering that was led by the United Arab Emirates, the prosecutors' office said. Kidane was sentenced in absentia to life in prison by an Ethiopian court in June 2021 after being convicted of starving and torturing…
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Dutch put Eritrean trafficker on most wanted list

Dutch put Eritrean trafficker on most wanted list

DUTCH prosecutors have put Eritrean trafficker Kidane Zekarias Habtemariam on their most wanted list and want to try him for crimes related to his alleged people-smuggling ring. Kidane was sentenced to life in prison by a court in Ethiopia in absentia in June for starving and torturing African refugees and migrants headed for Europe in warehouses in Libya. The Dutch public prosecutor's office said an investigation revealed that Kidane's organisation "abuses, extorts, kidnaps and rapes Eritreans" who want to reach the Netherlands. The refugees and migrants are mistreated in camps in Libya while relatives living in the Netherlands are blackmailed,…
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Eritrean trafficker given life sentence in Ethiopia

Eritrean trafficker given life sentence in Ethiopia

LEUL ESTIFANOS AN Eritrean trafficker who starved and tortured his victims to death was sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia in Ethiopia yesterday, after escaping custody four months ago. Kidane Zekarias held thousands of African refugees and migrants, headed for Europe, in warehouses in Libya and extorted thousands of dollars from them and their families, according to charges seen by the Thomson Reuters Foundation. The notorious smuggler was arrested in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, in 2020, after one of his Ethiopian victims, Fuad Bedru, recognised him on the street and alerted the police. "I am happy about the seriousness…
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