(AFP) A key suspect in the 2021 drowning deaths of at least 27 people trying [to] cross the Channel in a dinghy has been charged in France, a judiciary source said Monday.
He was extradited on Friday by Britain, where he had been arrested, to face trial in France, and charged a day later, the source said.
AFP was unable to reach his lawyer for comment.
Harem Ahmed Abwbaker, 32, is alleged to be a “significant member of the organised crime group who conspired to transport the migrants to the UK in a small boat,” the British National Crime Agency (NCA) said earlier.
NCA investigators have been working with the French authorities to track down those responsible for the tragedy.
