リビア：人身売買業者を摘発・拘束

　2018年に国連から制裁指名されたほどのお尋ね者、Abd al-Rahman al-Miladが拘束されたとのこと。

BBC Libya detains notorious people smuggler Abd al-Rahman al-Milad 18 hours ago

　彼は、お仲間共々沿岸警備に属しており―その立場を利用して人身売買・違法移民業に従事していたと、そういうわけだ。

「According to the UN, Mr Milad headed the regional coast guard for the north-western coastal town of Zawiya, which "is consistently linked with violence against migrants and other human smugglers".

The UN's panel of experts said in 2017 that Mr Milad, along with other members of the coast guard, was "directly involved in the sinking of migrant boats using firearms".」

　トリポリ政府のお手柄とのこと。

「Authorities in the Libyan capital Tripoli have arrested a man wanted by Interpol for human trafficking.

Libya's internationally-recognised government announced the detention of Abd al-Rahman al-Milad, known as Bija, on Wednesday.」

　数年間の犠牲者を思えば、今更逮捕されたからってなんだということにもなろうが、逮捕されないよりされた方が良いのも確かだろう。なにしろ―

「He is alleged to have opened a migrant detention centre in Zawiya, where abuse against migrants took place, and was also an "important collaborator" in fuel smuggling, according to the panel.」

　難民収容施設まで運営していたとのことで。いやまあ、国境警備・沿岸海域警備の業務の関係上、そういう割り振りになるのはまあ、その、あり得ることとは思うが―そんな総合的な人身売買のワンストップ業をやられても、その、なんだ。

BBC UN sanctions for people traffickers in Libya in global first 7 June 2018

「The sanctions - a global travel ban and an assets freeze - were the result of an internationally-backed Dutch proposal. The proposal was initially presented on 1 May but held up by Russia, which sought to examine the evidence against the six men.

The unprecedented sanctions follow widespread outrage at the end of 2017 after CNN aired footage showing the auctioning of migrant men as slaves in Libya.」

　…ああ。違法難民希望者をとっつかまえて、奴隷労働者としてオークションにかけてたというのがあった。CNNが放映した、あれで名指しされた人たちだったのか。うん、ありゃあひでぇ話だった。