New aerial images from the EU border agency Frontex provide a rare glimpse into how migrant traffic across the Mediterranean may take place. The footage has now become a central part of an Italian criminal investigation into the German aid organization Sea-Watch, which is accused of facilitating large-scale illegal immigration.
The European Border and Coast Guard Agency, Frontex, regularly monitors the Mediterranean Sea using aircraft and drones to detect human smuggling and illegal migration. On May 11, one of the agency’s surveillance aircraft captured an incident off the coast of Libya that has now become a central part of an Italian criminal investigation.
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