An Eritrean national described as the “world’s most wanted″ human trafficker has been arrested in Sudan after an international search led by the United Arab Emirates, Interpol has announced. Habtemariam was arrested on Sunday in a ″major international police operation led by the United Arab Emirates, based on information shared via Interpol,″ said a statement from the UAE’s Ministry of Interior. He was “wanted for leading a criminal organization which over several years, kidnapped, mistreated and extorted East African migrants to smuggle them into Europe,” according to the UAE. Lt-Gen Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE’s Minister of Interior, called the “global police operation led by the UAE” a “success”. Habtemariam had been the subject of two Interpol red notices, one from Ethiopia and the other from the Netherlands, the agency said.

Source: Libya Today January 07, 2023 09:09 UTC