Migrant Smuggling

• At least 27 dead in string of migrant boat accidents leaving Greece

  The sinkings came as smugglers increasingly favour a perilous route from Turkey to Italy, which avoids Greece's heavily patrolled eastern Aegean islands.

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  Dec 24, 2021
  
• Canadian human smuggler allegedly charged migrants up to $65K for transport to Canada

  The FBI says former Toronto resident Srikajamukan Chelliah charged between C$28,000 and C$65,000 to transport migrants on a cramped ship caught near Turks and Caicos last October.

  World

  Oct 1, 2020
  
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• Mexican police rescue 115 migrants from truck

  Forty-one of the rescued migrants were minors

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  Aug 20, 2017
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• Migrant deaths over Mediterranean spike as smuggling persists: report

  New and more dangerous smuggling practices and attempts to reach Europe by riskier routes have led to a spike in the number of migrants dying as they attempt to cross the Mediterranean, according to a new analysis released Tuesday.

  World

  Aug 23, 2016
• Prime suspect in Mediterranean migrant smuggling extradited to Italy

  Medhane Yehdego Mered, a 35-year-old Eritrean, was flown to Rome overnight from Sudan, where he was arrested two weeks ago.

  World

  Jun 8, 2016