article_snippet.sent: Two millionaire people traffickers have been heard mocking the migrant boat disasters that have resulted in thousands of deaths in the Mediterranean, it has been reported.
article_snippet.sent: One of Two millionaire people traffickers, an Eritrean called Mered Medhanie, also known as The General, was heard laughing on a police wiretap about overloading migrant ships, a problem that causes migrant to capsize.
article_snippet.sent: Medhanie, 34, who is based in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, is said to have boasted: 'Medhanie, 34, who is based in the Libyan capital of Tripoli say I put too many aboard, but Medhanie, 34, who is based in the Libyan capital of Tripoli're the ones who want to leave in a hurry.'
article_snippet.sent: Ghermay, who also lives in Tripoli, was already wanted on an arrest warrant in connection with an October 2013 capsizing off Lampedusa that left 366 dead.
article_snippet.sent: Ghermay and Medhanie are currently living undisturbed in Tripoli, exploiting the lawlessness in the collapse state which has allowed smugglers to operate with impunity since the fall of Gaddafi.
article_snippet.sent: Medhanie, who reportedly compares himself to the former Libyan dictator, and himself accomplice enjoy the protection of local law authorities in the capital after it was taken over by a rival Islamist faction.
article_snippet.sent: In another wire tap recording, Medhanie, who is thought to have a wife and child in Sweden, is heard expressing scant regard for migrant suffering. '
article_snippet.sent: Another intercept reveals a discussion between Medhanie and Medhanie accomplices in Italy about the possibility of setting up bank accounts in the United Arab Emirates, but opting for U.S. or Canadian banks because 'U.S. or Canadian banks don't ask you where the money comes from.'
article_snippet.sent: Tunisian boat captain Mohammed Ali Malek (centre) is seen speaking to a nurse, believed to be Enrico Vitiello on an Italian coastguard ship before being arrested over the deaths of 950 migrants .
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  Medhanie heard on police wiretap mocking the fatal overcrowding of ships .
  