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Iraqi Kurdistan announced on Tuesday the arrest of four suspected human traffickers linked to the sinking of a sailboat off Italy’s coast, leaving more than 30 people dead. More than 60 people were reported missing after the boat sank near southern Italy’s Calabria region in mid-June, with 11 people rescued. According to non-governmental organisations and accounts from victims’ families, the boat was carrying mostly Kurdish migrants from Iraq and Iran, along with Afghan families. “Four people considered to be leaders in human trafficking were arrested,” the Asayish, security forces the norther…

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