Russian Sailors Jailed in Greece for 400 Years for Trafficking Migrants – Reports

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Russian Sailors Jailed in Greece for 400 Years for Trafficking Migrants – Reports

Two Russian sailors have been sentenced to a combined 395 years in prison in Greece for trafficking migrants, the RBC news website reported Friday.

The sailors claim that they were initially hired to tow yachts and then received threats when they objected to trafficking people, human rights activist Ivan Melnikov told RBC. Interfax identified them as Alexander Illarionov and Andrei Zhuravlyov.

A Greek court found the two Russian sailors guilty of organizing illegal migration, said Melnikov, the vice president of the International Human Rights Defense Committee’s Russian branch.

Read more at: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/02/21/russian-sailors-jailed-in-greece-for-400-years-for-trafficking-migrants-reports-a69390