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Dutch court sentences Eritrean man to 20 years for cruel people smuggling
Amanuel Walid was sentenced to 20 years for leading a network that tortured migrants in Libya and extorted their families in the Netherlands, marking one of the largest trafficking cases in Dutch history.
- A Dutch court sentenced an Eritrean man, known as Amanuel Walid or Tewelde Goitom, to 20 years in prison for human trafficking and extortion.
- Walid was convicted of running a criminal organization that detained African migrants in Libya, tortured them, and extorted ransoms from their families for passage to Europe.
- The judges said Walid and his accomplices showed no regard for human dignity and treated the migrants ruthlessly to extort as much money as possible.
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