Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has blamed Russia’s Wagner group for an increase in illegal migrant arrivals, arguing the private military company (PMC) has links to traffickers in Libya.
Minister Tajani, who serves as Deputy Prime Minister and formerly served as President of the European Parliament, stated that PMC Wagner, a private military company present in North Africa and currently fighting in the Ukraine conflict, is linked to the surge of migrant arrivals in Italy this year.
“First of all, there is the news that is there for all to see: in a country without the control of a central authority like Libya, the mercenaries of Wagner after supporting one of the parties in the civil war of 2019 remained in many areas,” Tajani told Il Giornale and added, “We have indications that they are very active and in contact with gangs of traffickers and militiamen interested in the smuggling of migrants.”
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