Police in Sudan arrested the world's wanted people smuggler, Mered Medhanie, 35, from the East African of Eritrea. His is 'The General' of the he plans people smuggling. Police say Mered's caused hundreds of migrant . Migrants are people trying to go to Europe for a life. At least 359 migrants died when their boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea in 2013. Police found Mered in a hideout in Sudan's capital city Khartoum. They worked with Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) and intelligence services.
Mered is in Italy, where he could get a prison sentence. He controlled a big that smuggled thousands of migrants from Africa and the Middle East to Europe. He charged people up to $5,500 for the high-risk in dangerous boats. The NCA said Mered was a high-level human trafficker who did not care about people's lives. A said: "Medhanie is a people smuggler [who disregards] life." Italian police said Mered wanted to make a amount of money from his activities and then move to Sweden, where his lives.
