Immigrant traffickers face seven years jail

THE Public Prosecution plans to ask for seven years each in prison for three Algerian men, aged 19, 22 and 30, who were allegedly in charge of a boat transporting illegal immigrants. The pneumatic boat, which had not safety measures, was intercepted off Cabo de Gata in July 2010 with 10 people on board, who they had charged €700 each for their passage from Oran.