In Greece, nine Egyptian survivors from the Adriana were arrested and charged with smuggling and causing the shipwreck. In sworn testimonies and interviews, survivors said that many of the nine brutalized and extorted passengers. At least one of the men charged with being a smuggler had himself paid a full fee of more than $4,000 to be on the ship. The women and young children went down with the ship. Setting SailKamiran Ahmad, a Syrian teenager, a month shy of his 18th birthday, had arrived in Tobruk, Libya, with hopes for a new life.

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Persons: Adriana, Ahmad Locations: Greece, Italy, Pakistan, Syrian, Tobruk, Libya, Germany