Libyan politician is behind ‘death trap’ people smuggling operation, claims fisherman

A fisherman who made more than £12m flooding Europe with thousands of migrants from claimed a Libyan politician is the ‘commander’ for illegal immigration. Egyptian Ahmed Ebid, 42, organised ‘death trap’ boat crossings across the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy between 3 October 2022 and 21 July 2023. Ebid, who came to the UK on a boat, was working with people smuggling networks in north Africa to organise boats to bring over hundreds of migrants at a time. One crossing…