{"id":31057,"date":"2026-07-22T05:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T09:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=31057"},"modified":"2026-07-22T05:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T09:54:13","slug":"ethiopian-police-arrest-alleged-leader-of-multi-million-dollar-trafficking-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2026\/07\/22\/ethiopian-police-arrest-alleged-leader-of-multi-million-dollar-trafficking-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopian police arrest alleged leader of multi-million-dollar trafficking ring"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Police in Ethiopia say they have arrested 17 suspects including the alleged leader of what they say is a multi-million-dollar international human trafficking network.<\/b><\/p>\n

The gang is accused of “the deaths of 60 migrants”, sexually abusing many women, and torturing Ethiopian migrants in Yemen – allegedly collecting more than 1bn Ethiopian birr ($6.1m; \u00a34.6m) from victims in the process.<\/p>\n

Suspected ringleader Mohammed Tahir, aka “Wordi”, and his co-accused have yet to appear in court or comment on the allegations.<\/p>\n

Their photos were released by police on Tuesday, and posted to the force’s Facebook page.<\/p>\n

The alleged traffickers are accused of transporting more than 40,000 Ethiopians to Saudi Arabia, through Djibouti and Yemen.<\/p>\n

The ring is alleged to have operated detention warehouses in Yemen, a nation with scant rule of law after being devastated by civil war. It remains one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It is here that they allegedly filmed migrants while torturing them as a way to extort money from their terrified relatives back home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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