On Monday 4 December, the special envoy of the High Commissioner for Refugees for the Central Mediterranean route, Vincent Cochetal, called on Europeans to control the financial flows of human traffickers in Libya.
“We need fewer nice words and a bit more action”, he told MEPs at the European Parliament’s development committee. “I believe there is a need to focus on financial flows”, he said. In Cochetel’s view, European states give flags to vessels that transport oil from...