article_snippet.sent: Lampedusa, Italy  (CNN)The cramped galley of the ship is filled with the smell of fresh garlic frying in olive oil.
article_snippet.sent: shipmate, Enzo Idone.
article_snippet.sent: We boarded the Finance Police's ship, the Calabrese, in Lampedusa harbor earlier in the evening.
article_snippet.sent: The Calabrese regularly patrols the Mediterranean off Lampedusa, which is Italy's southernmost territory and just 70 miles, or just over 110 kilometers, from the Tunisian coast.
article_snippet.sent: A few years ago, Calabrese Calabrese was on the look out for "contrabandisti," smugglers trafficking in cigarettes and drugs.
article_snippet.sent: We spend seven hours on board the Finance Police's ship, the Calabrese, but nothing much happens.
article_snippet.sent: We see some Italian fishing boats its 12-man crew knew by sight.
article_snippet.sent: Shortly after sunset, Calabrese's captain, Gianluca Busonera, begins calling out quick orders to the Calabrese's captain, Gianluca Busonera men as we approach a small boat.
article_snippet.sent: It's a routine evening for Calabrese, and that is just fine with its 12-man crew.
article_snippet.sent: Out in the Mediterranean, with no land in sight, you realize just how vast it is.
article_snippet.sent: And although it's been warm on land in Sicily recently, at night on the water, it's cold and windy.
article_snippet.sent: On board the Calabrese, we are warm, well-fed and in good company.
highlights_snippet.sent: Ben Wedeman joins The Calabrese as Ben Wedeman traverses the Mediterranean looking for migrants .
  