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UK-based people smuggler in Mediterranean network jailed for 25 years

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Ahmed Ebid , 42 , helped bring nearly 3,800 people, including women and children, from north Africa to Italy between October 2022 and June 2023 .

He is believed to be the first person convicted of organising boat crossings across the Mediterranean from the UK .

Ebid told an associate to kill and throw into the sea any people caught with phones, in an attempt to avoid law enforcement, National Crime Agency said.

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