Police on Wednesday arrested several
Somali nationals in the southern cities of Bari, Catania and
Salerno suspected of being human traffickers, sources said.
They are suspected of bringing people into Italy illegally
and then getting them into other countries.
Some members of the alleged criminal organization allegedly
used Facebook and other social media to contact people
considered pro-jihad and close to the Somali terrorist group
al-Shabaab.
Those arrested are accused of criminal association and aiding
and abetting clandestine immigration for financial ends,
corruption of public officials and forging documents.
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