THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Ethiopia has turned over to Dutch judicial authorities a 38-year-old Eritrean man suspected of playing a leading role in a major international criminal network that smuggled Eritreans to the Netherlands. The man extradited to the Netherlands already has been convicted in Ethiopia and sentenced to 18 years. Prosecutors say he worked with alleged people smuggling kingpin Kidane Zekarias Habtemariam, who was put on the Netherlands most-wanted list last year. He escaped from custody in Ethiopia while on trial there on people smuggling charges, Dutch prosecutors said. “Since these criminal offenses partly took place in the Netherlands, the Netherlands Public Prosecution Service has jurisdiction to prosecute him for these crimes,” prosecutors said.

Source: Libya Today October 05, 2022 18:05 UTC