Human Trafficker jailed in Italy for the deaths of 366 migrants (Lampedusa)
Eritrean News: (ITV)
On the fifth floor of Agrigento’s court building, held in a metal cage, is a 30- year-old man who has been sentenced to spend the next 30 years of his life in prison. That man is Mouhamud Elmi Muhidin – found guilty of trafficking almost 400 people to their deaths in the perishing waters of the Mediterranean.
His crimes are so serious that his sentence sets a record in Italy for such offences. The offences themselves set another dreadful record as the greatest loss of life in the recent history of Mediterranean migration. His victims were mainly Eritreans and Somalis who had paid thousands to get safely to Italy – only to die en route.