Migrant smugglers using social media

Evil trade using Twitter and Facebook.

Human traffickers use social media to advertise trips to Italy

Smugglers use Twitter and Facebook to lure migrants seeking passage to Europe. Trips start from $1,000 and children travel for free

Matthew Vella / Jurgen Balzan

Despite the EU’s hard talk on targeting human traffickers in Libya and striking boats used to carry asylum seekers to Europe, people smugglers have not relented in their drive to entice migrants into embarking on trips to Italy, which often end in death for many.

MaltaToday is in possession of an advert posted online by a man who identified himself as Omar Zuwari, who probably hails from Syria.

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