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(SVT) Mission investigation team finds track for the right "General" - in Uganda

Posted by: Semere Asmelash

Date: Friday, 13 April 2018



Mission review tracks the infamous human smuggler "General" to Kampala in Uganda. A man in the bar Molober confirms that the "general" usually visits the place and says he was there just two days earlier. Photo: SVT

Mission investigation team finds track for the right "General" - in Uganda

CONDUCT REVIEW · In Palermo, a man has been detained for two years, having smuggled thousands of people across the Mediterranean. The prosecutor claims that it is one of the world's most infamous refugee muggers, the so-called "General". But there has been a confusion and the wrong person is arrested. Mission review traces the correct "General" to Uganda and charts a number of places in the capital Kampala where the despised human smuggler should have been sighted or found. 
"He was here two days ago," says one of the many witnesses.

It is about one of today's largest refugee disasters, where 368 people lose their lives. And an international police initiative where a tip from the Swedish authorities resulted in the wrong person being accused of being one of the world's most infamous smugglers - a man called under the nickname "Generalen".

According to the mission review review, there are voice analyzes, DNA tests, ID documents and testimonials that show a confusion and that the person who is accused of being two years back is in fact another person. 

This means that the guilty person is still at liberty. In pursuit of the right "General", the Tracks Mission Survey leads to Uganda, where there is a larger group of Eritrean refugees. To join the eritrean group, we hire the journalist and activist Meron Estefanos. 

The quest for the right "General"

It's sensitive and not harmless - because we do not know how the "General" would react if we found him. With a hidden camera and using sources in place, we start the search in the capital Kampala. 

Kampala is the capital of Uganda.

- He often comes here, says a receptionist at one of the hotels in the city.

A total of tens of testimonies indicate that they have met or seen the "General" in Kampala recently. Among those we speak with are people with high reputation in the Eritrea diaspora. We also talk to people who are related to the "General". 

A witness says he met the "General", or Medhanie Yehdego Mered, as he is actually called, just three months ago in the capital. 

A bar in Kampala 

The place most sources point out is the Molober bar in the Eritrea district of Kabalagala in Kampala. Meron Estefanos and Mission Investigation Security Guard enters to display an image and ask for the "General". 

- I'm looking for Medhanie. I have heard that he should have been here. Medhanie Yehdego. I'll show a card on him. I've heard from several places he's coming here, Meron says to a man at the bar. 

The man confirms that the "General" usually visits the bar and says he was there just two days earlier.  

Sound recording reveals

There are more who are convinced that the right "General" is at liberty. Assignment review has gained access to a sound recording revealing that a European Police Office is now completely opposed to the prosecutors in Palermo. 

For reasons of source protection, we can not disclose which authority or European country it is. But on the record it is heard how the authorities in the authority are convinced that the real human smuggler "General" is at liberty and want to arrest him. 

But the police department is facing problems. Despite pressure on the prosecutors in Palermo, we refuse to issue a new arrest warrant to seize the right "General" because they are still convinced that the right person is arrested. The responsible prosecutor Calogero Ferrara in Sicily has chosen not to comment on the data. 

Even the British newspaper The Guardian writes today about the new information that the "General" is in Kampala. Mission review report The quest for "Generalen" is broadcast at 11 April on SVT1 and SVT Play .

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This program is originally in Swedish, and can be seen here with English subtitles.

The pursuit of the "General" · 11 April 07.00


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