An Iranian citizen was subjected to judicial police detention held responsible for the transport via sea of 73 migrants landed in Crotone on 22 July. The man, identified as the smuggling of the boat that started from Turkey and arrived in the failure off the Crotonese coast, was traced thanks to an articulated investigative activity conducted by the Mobile Team of the Crotone Police Headquarters and the Naval Operational Section of the Guardia di Finanza, with the coordination of the Public Prosecutor of the Republic of Crotone, directed by the prosecutor Domenico Guarascio.
The migrants, rescued at sea and escorted by the Port Authority to the port of Crotone, had been immediately transferred to the Regional Hub of Isola Capo Rizzuto for the identification procedures. From there the investigations started, which never interrupted, aiming to reconstruct not only the phases of the crossing but also the entire supply chain of human trafficking, from the Turkish territory to the landing in Calabria.
The testimonies of some migrants, who indicated the man as the only conductor of the boat throughout the journey, were decisive for the identification of the scafist. A role also confirmed by the analysis of the seized cellular devices, from which further elements that place it at the helm of the boat have emerged.
In the light of the serious clues collected, the detention of the Iranian citizen, who was transferred to the Crotone district house and made available to the judicial authority, was triggered.
The operation is part of the largest device to contrast the illegal trafficking by sea, which sees the police and the judiciary in the fight against illegal immigration and the transnational criminal networks that feed it engaged in synergy.