一个关键的移民走私者Kidane Zekarias Habtemariam被从阿联酋引渡到荷兰,因领导一个通过利比亚贩运厄立特里亚人的暴力网络而面临无期徒刑。 A key migrant smuggler, Kidane Zekarias Habtemariam, was extradited from the UAE to the Netherlands to face life imprisonment for leading a violent network trafficking Eritreans through Libya.

41岁的Kidane Zekarias Habtemariam是一个重要的人口走私网络的关键嫌疑人,他于星期三从阿联酋引渡到荷兰。 Kidane Zekarias Habtemariam, 41, a key suspect in a major people-smuggling network, was extradited from the UAE to the Netherlands on Wednesday. 他在2021年因走私罪受审时逃离埃塞俄比亚,被缺席定罪并被判处无期徒刑。 He had fled Ethiopia in 2021 while on trial for smuggling, was convicted in absentia and sentenced to life in prison. 荷兰当局声称,他领导了一个犯罪集团,参与通过利比亚偷运移民,特别是厄立特里亚人,实施暴力、勒索和性虐待。 Dutch authorities allege he led a criminal group involved in smuggling migrants—especially Eritreans—through Libya, committing violence, extortion, and sexual abuse. 他的案件与另一个厄立特里亚人Tewelde Goitom有关,此人目前正在荷兰受审,检察官在荷兰要求判处20年徒刑。 His case is linked to another Eritrean man, Tewelde Goitom, currently on trial in the Netherlands, where prosecutors seek a 20-year sentence. Habtemariam于2023年在苏丹被捕, 被荷兰军警空运至阿姆斯特丹, Habtemariam, arrested in Sudan in 2023, was flown to Amsterdam by Dutch military police and is set for his first court appearance Saturday. 该案件是荷兰历史上最大的偷运人口起诉案件之一。 The case is one of the largest human smuggling prosecutions in Dutch history.