Egyptian people trafficker ‘organised death trap boat crossings for thousands’

The Egyptian kingpin of an international people smuggling ring flooded Europe with thousands of migrants from North Africa after coming to the UK on a boat, a court heard. Ahmed Ebid, 42, organised ‘death trap’ boat crossings across the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy between 3 October 2022 and 21 July 2023. Ebid was working with people smuggling networks in north Africa to organise boats to bring over hundreds of migrants at a time. One crossing in October 2022 saw…