Italian Prosecutor: Wiretaps Reveal NGOs Working With Human Smugglers to Flood Italy

‘Italian prosecutor Carmelo Zuccaro said Thursday that wiretapped conversations revealed non-governmental organizations are working together with human smugglers to flood Italy with migrants and “destabilize” their economy.
From AP:
MILAN (AP) — An Italian prosecutor on Thursday defended his accusation that non-governmental organizations operating rescue boats in the Mediterranean are colluding with migrant smugglers after one humanitarian organization said the charge threatened its work and requested proof for the allegation.
Carmelo Zuccaro, chief prosecutor for the Sicilian city of Catania, told RAI state television that he believes that some NGOs working to rescue migrants just outside Libyan waters “could be financed by traffickers” and that their ultimate goal could be “to destabilize the Italian economy.” He has cited wiretapped conversations.’
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