Spero abbiate il tempo di leggere la nostra inchiesta su nave #Caprera, mandata dall'Italia in Libia per combattere il traffico di esseri umani. Alcuni dei suoi marinai hanno organizzato un carico di contrabbando + violato l'embargo UN sulle armi nytimes.com/2020/09/28/wor…
L'ex ministro degli interni italiano Matteo Salvini a Tripoli aveva elogiato l'equipaggio della nave Caprera per aver impedito a + 7.000 persone di raggiungere l'Europa.
L'unico problema: la Caprera stessa stava organizzando un carico di contrabbando verso l´Europa.
Una prova fondamentale per gli investigatori sono le foto di una festa di addio. Le foto, condivise sul gruppo WhatsApp di nave Caprera, mostrano un sorridente Corbisiero seduto davanti a una grande torta al cioccolato.
Dietro di lui i sacchi di sigarette di contrabbando.
All'arrivo della #Caprera a #Brindisi, la stanza era così piena di sigarette che gli agenti della guardia di finanza - che hanno sequestrato la nave - riescono a malapena a entrarci.
Il piano è stato sventato da questo messaggio: "..ci sono quei famosi cartoni di sigarette ".
Qui un altro messaggio inviato subito dopo il sequestro della nave.
“Sono un po’ nella cacca”, ha ammesso un marinaio della Caprera. “Le autorità portuali sono a bordo della Caprera. Stavamo sbarcando dei pacchi ed erano sigarette”.
Le fatture mostrano che i marinai della Caprera hanno acquistato sigarette in #Libia attraverso un metodo sviluppato dai membri dell'equipaggio di una seconda nave italiana, la #Capri, ormeggiata a #Tripoli nel gennaio 2018.
Nel 2019, gli esperti dell'ONU avevano rivelato che la Marina Militare italiana aveva violato l’embargo sulle armi, riparando una nave da guerra libica. Altri documenti mostrano che la #Caprera potrebbe aver violato l’embargo in almeno altre 3 occasioni.
Nelle intercettazioni dell'indagine della Guardia di Finanza e della procura di Brindisi compaiono anche le dichiarazioni di un ingegnere a bordo nave #Caprera.
“Abbiamo riparato le armi dei libici che c'è l’embargo”.
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For years people have been illegally sent back from #Italy to #Greece in secret prisons on private ships.
After months of investigating, we’ve found where asylum seekers, including children, are being detained.
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While European passengers are enjoying their holiday trips on board #Superfast ferries, below deck - in metal boxes & dark rooms - asylum seekers from #Afghanistan#Syria & #Iraq are detained.
This metal box is next to where trucks are parked - an area that is considered to be unsafe for passengers during the journey.
I just returned from #Turkey. I have spent days with Afghan & Syrian communities in Istanbul & at the border with #Bulgaria. I spoke with lawyers & local activists & archived evidences of pushbacks filmed by refugees who managed to survive violence & repression.
A few thoughts.
For the last years, #Turkey is the 1st address where Afghan refugees either stay permanently or wait at a transit point to cross to #Europe. Besides exploitation by employers & lack of access to public services, they are now facing the threat of detention or deportation to #Iran.
You’ll find them in #Zeytinburnu where restaurants employ a steady stream of runaways, including minors. I met young couples who already paid over the odds for passage over #Iran's treacherous mountains, sometimes waist-deep in snow & are now saving for another perilous journey.
[Thread] Here is a collection of most racist coverage of #Russia's attack on #Ukraine. We are being told who deserves war, missiles, & who looks like a good refugee.
This only serves to mislead viewers & decontextualise conflicts. Hypocrisy & its randomness..
“It’s very emotional for me because I see European people with blue eyes and blonde hair being killed” - Ukraine’s Deputy Chief Prosecutor, David Sakvarelidze @BBCWorld
"This isn't Iraq or Afghanistan...This is a relatively civilized, relatively European city".
I hope you’ll take the time to read our full investigation on how #Italy sent a warship to #Libya to fight trafficking &
🇮🇹 sailors gathered a cargo of contraband + broke a UN arms embargo.
#Italy's former interior minister Matteo Salvini praised the ship Caprera after it stopped ++ than 7,000 people from reaching Europe.
There was just one problem: the #Caprera was itself smuggling contraband to #Europe.
A key piece of evidence for investigators are photos from a farewell party... Photographs shared on the ship’s WhatsApp group showed a grinning Mr. Corbisiero sitting before a large chocolate cake... Behind him were several sacks of contraband cigarettes.
A local source in #Khoms reported that following disembarkation (70 people) a shooting happened — 5 people were shot, 2 died + other injured. Local IOM team was on the ground.
Survivors have been brought to Souq Al-Khamis detention centre, other escaped.
#Libya Staff from @IOM_Libya, reported that local authorities in #Khoms started shooting when the migrants attempted to escape from the disembarkation point.
#Libya Aboh Ishag, 20 years old from #Darfur#Sudan killed in #Khoms after being intercepted & forcibly brought back by the Libyan coast guard equipped & financed by the EU. Killed as he refused to be taken back to a detention center where torture & exploitation are widespread.
#Libya right now refugees in distress at sea. There are ~100 people who escaped from Zwara on a wodden boat. The majority is from #Eritrea — their latest position was communicate to the Italian MRCC #Rome (34.23 12.02). Families have been calling for help.
#Libya right now refugees in distress at sea.
A desperate call from the Central Mediterranean.
~100 people in distress on a wooden boat. They fled Libya in search of safety and protection.
#Libya Yonathan, Samuel, Sami, Munir, Daniel, Fseha & other people from #Eritrea are at serious risk of drowning in #Malta SAR zone.
Their boat is filled up with water, @alarm_phone reported.
#maridive230 offshore vessel chartered by @Shell is very close to their position.