Police search for the truck driver who was filmed whipping migrants near Italian-French border
Police search for the truck driver who was filmed whipping migrants near Italian-French border
ROME (AP) — Italian border police are looking for a truck driver who is shown on a widely circulated video whipping female migrants after he found them in the back of his truck near the French border, officials said Wednesday.
Italian border police are looking for a truck driver who is shown on a widely circulated video whipping female migrants after he found them in the back of his truck near the French border, officials said Wednesday.
Smugglers loaded the 12 Eritrean women on the truck at a rest stop near the French border on Monday while the trucker was having lunch, according to authorities. The women allegedly paid 100-150 euros ($110-1$65) to be transported across the border, but authorities believe the truck driver was unaware of their presence.
Once closed inside the truck, the women apparently started agitating due to the heat, with outdoor temperatures over 30 degrees C (86 F), drawing the driver’s attention, city officials said.
The video made by a witness — who asked not to be identified — shows the man striking at the woman with the hardware end of a cargo strap as they descended one by one. At one point, one of the women stood firm, shielding others so they could pass without being struck. The last woman to exit tried to grab the strap from him.
I read that several times and tried to grasp it from all perspectives, but it just gets worse every time..
Respect for the woman who shielded the others, but there is really no good outcome even if they had succeeded in being trafficked.
I fear that this is only the beginning of what is to come.
"Trafficking" in this case is being used to refer to aiding an undocumented migrant, not like sex trafficking, as far as I can tell.
They're African women being transported into Europe in the back of a trailer.. They won't land a job anywhere without their paperwork in order. Sorry, but you know damn well what trafficking means.
This just shows how it's done.
At best they can provide for themselves as sex slaves. At worst, they get beaten up on their way there as in this instance.