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Police in Sudan have one of the world's most wanted people smugglers. The smuggler is Mered Medhanie, 35, from the East African country of Eritrea. He the nickname of 'The General' because of the way he and out people smuggling. Police say Mered's actions in the deaths of hundreds of migrants – people trying to leave Africa to to Europe to try to a better life. At least 359 migrants when their boat sank near Lampedusa in the Mediterranean Sea in 2013. The Sudanese police Mered in a secret hideout in the capital Khartoum. They closely with Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) and British intelligence services.

Sudan will Mered to the police in Italy, where he could a long prison sentence. Detectives say he a huge organisation that thousands of migrants from Africa and the Middle East across the Mediterranean to Europe. He people up to $5,500 each to the high-risk journey in dangerous boats. He very rich from his activities. The NCA said Mered a high-level human trafficker and that he did not about people's lives. An NCA spokesperson said: "Medhanie is a prolific people smuggler and has absolute disregard for human life." Italian police said Mered's plan was to make a huge amount of money and then to Sweden, where his wife lives.