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EPISODE · Jun 9, 2026 · 47 MIN

Hundreds of migrants kidnapped and threatened with kidney removal

from dc · host Salai Dawtcemsang

A BBC investigation has found that more than 300 migrants heading to the UK last summer were kidnapped, tortured and threatened with forced organ removal. The young men, all from Iraqi Kurdistan, were captured in Libya by a militia which demanded a ransom of $5,000 from each of their families. Newshour hears from Libya expert Tim Eaton.Also in the programme: the chief executive of US Soccer on the coming World Cup, and illegal fishing off the coast of Sierra Leone.(Photo: Iraqi people smuggler Noah Aaron who is now serving a 10-year jail sentence in France)

A BBC investigation has found that more than 300 migrants heading to the UK last summer were kidnapped, tortured and threatened with forced organ removal. The young men, all from Iraqi Kurdistan, were captured in Libya by a militia which demanded a ransom of $5,000 from each of their families. Newshour hears from Libya expert Tim Eaton.Also in the programme: the chief executive of US Soccer on the coming World Cup, and illegal fishing off the coast of Sierra Leone.(Photo: Iraqi people smuggler Noah Aaron who is now serving a 10-year jail sentence in France)

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