https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Libya's UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj has appealed to Italy to send ships into Libyan territorial waters to help combat human trafficking, Rome said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170726/tripoli-asks-italy-to-help-fight-traffickers-in-libyan-waters Wed, 26 Jul 2017 14:57:39 +0200 tripoli-asks-italy-to-help-fight-traffickers-in-libyan-waters An Eritrean man who says he was mistakenly arrested on suspicion of heading a major people smuggling network is to stand trial in Sicily, according to Italian media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20160922/eritrean-people-smuggler-to-stand-trial-in-italy Thu, 22 Sep 2016 10:36:59 +0200 eritrean-people-smuggler-to-stand-trial-in-italy Two men accused of smuggling migrants have been acquitted by a Palermo judge, who ruled the men had had "no other choice" than to steer the boat, after being threatened by armed smugglers. https://www.thelocal.it/20160908/palermo-judge-acquits-involuntary-migrant-smugglers Thu, 08 Sep 2016 13:44:56 +0200 palermo-judge-acquits-involuntary-migrant-smugglers Six human traffickers have been sentenced by a Palermo court in connection with a migrant boat wreck off Lampedusa in October 2013, in which more than 300 people died. https://www.thelocal.it/20160208/six-migrant-smugglers-sentenced-to-jail-italy-first Mon, 08 Feb 2016 16:55:46 +0100 six-migrant-smugglers-sentenced-to-jail-italy-first Palermo prosecutors are seeking jail terms of up to 17 years for six alleged migrant smugglers in connection with a shipwreck off Lampedusa in October 2013, in which 366 people died. https://www.thelocal.it/20150918/people-smugglers-face-jail-for-up-to-17-years Fri, 18 Sep 2015 12:38:57 +0200 people-smugglers-face-jail-for-up-to-17-years Italy on Tuesday announced the arrest of eight suspected people smugglers blamed for the death of 49 migrants asphyxiated in the hold of a sinking ship at the weekend. https://www.thelocal.it/20150818/italy-arrests-eight-over-asphyxiated-migrants Tue, 18 Aug 2015 15:59:31 +0200 italy-arrests-eight-over-asphyxiated-migrants Italy has arrested nearly 900 suspected people traffickers since January 2014 but the kingpins remain at large, police data published on Tuesday in Catholic daily Avvenire showed. https://www.thelocal.it/20150811/italy-arrests-almost-900-traffickers-since-jan-2014 Tue, 11 Aug 2015 18:54:00 +0200 italy-arrests-almost-900-traffickers-since-jan-2014 UPDATED: Knife-wielding traffickers sealed migrants in the hull of a boat which sank off Libya, condemning them to drown after slashing or thrashing them depending on their ethnicity, according to survivor testimony reported on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150807/five-suspected-traffickers-arrested-in-italy Fri, 07 Aug 2015 16:05:47 +0200 five-suspected-traffickers-arrested-in-italy People traffickers have dramatically raised the stakes by using freighters to carry hundreds of migrants to Europe at a time, then jumping ship as the vessels steam towards shore. https://www.thelocal.it/20150102/why-migrant-smugglers-are-using-ghost-ships Fri, 02 Jan 2015 19:07:00 +0100 why-migrant-smugglers-are-using-ghost-ships Horrific accounts emerged on Tuesday of how 30 migrants were left to die, bolted by traffickers into the suffocating hull of an overcrowded fishing boat, as their bodies were brought to Sicily for burial. https://www.thelocal.it/20140702/traffickers-left-migrants-to-die-like-beasts Wed, 02 Jul 2014 10:00:00 +0200 traffickers-left-migrants-to-die-like-beasts Human traffickers have been using Facebook to promote boat journeys to Italy offered to desperate migrants and refugees, national media reported on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140613/facebook-used-to-traffic-migrants-to-italy Fri, 13 Jun 2014 16:52:00 +0200 facebook-used-to-traffic-migrants-to-italy Italian police on Wednesday arrested two suspected traffickers among the 206 survivors of a shipwreck earlier this week in which 17 people perished. https://www.thelocal.it/20140514/two-suspected-traffickers-arrested-for-shipwreck Wed, 14 May 2014 17:01:00 +0200 two-suspected-traffickers-arrested-for-shipwreck Police in Sicily have arrested ten people accused of trafficking people across the Mediterranean to Europe, saying they operate "like a travel agency", according to Italian media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20140319/human-traffickers-operate-like-travel-agents Wed, 19 Mar 2014 17:05:00 +0100 human-traffickers-operate-like-travel-agents Italy and Malta said on Monday they are working together not only to rescue boat migrants floundering in the Mediterranean but also to crack down on human traffickers. https://www.thelocal.it/20131111/italy-vows-to-crack-down-on-traffickers Mon, 11 Nov 2013 17:40:04 +0100 italy-vows-to-crack-down-on-traffickers