The Ethiopian government says it is working with the
International Criminal Police Organization, or Interpol, to repatriate 80
suspected human smugglers as the country struggles to stem the wave of migrants
leaving the country.
AP reports the chief of the Illegal
Human Trafficking Crime Investigation Division of Ethiopia's federal police,
Wondimu Chama, said Thursday to the Ethiopian news agency that they succeeded
extraditing five suspects from Kenya, Sudan, Saudi Arabia and Tanzania. Wondimu
said the police division has been working with Interpol to identify human
smugglers abroad who will face charges in Ethiopia.
The Ethiopian government
said 200 suspected human smugglers have been arrested in the country to try to
stop citizens from moving to Europe illegally. The government's action comes
after 30 Ethiopian migrants were killed in Libya by Islamic extremists.
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