Ethiopian arrested of human trafficking
Published on the 26-04-2008
A 34-year-old Ethiopian man has been arrested here in northern Italy on charges of human trafficking.
Michel Amane Teklehaimanot was taken into custody on a warrant issued in the Calabrian city of Crotone. Investigators there believe he organised a system to illegally bring North Africans through Egypt and Libya to Italy and Europe.
He is also suspected of helping illegal immigrants to escape from a temporary detention center in Capo Rizzuto, Calabria.
Investigators said the Ethiopian charged each escapee 400 euros.
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