A court in the Calabrian city of
Crotone on Tuesday sentenced three alleged migrant smugglers to
terms of between 11 and 16 years in prison over their
involvement in the February 26 2023 shipwreck off the nearby
coastal area of Steccato di Cutro that caused the death of at
least 94 people, including 35 children and teens.
The court sentenced Hasab Hussain, a 22-year-old Pakistani, to
16 years in prison, along with Sami Fuat, a 51-year-old Turkish
citizen, while Khalid Arslan, 26, also from Pakistan, was given
a jail term of 11 years on charges of aiding and abetting
illegal immigration and, as a consequence, causing the
passengers' death.
The two Pakistanis cried when the judge read the sentence in
court.
In February, Gun Ufuk, a 29-year-old Turk who was one of the
human traffickers on the Summer Love migrant boat that sank off
Cutro was given a 20-year prison term by a Crotone judge.
He was also sentenced to pay a fine of three million euros.
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