Swedish citizen jailed for trafficking Somali into Ireland

Man pleaded guilty to trafficking an illegal immigrant - his "nephew"

Lawyers for Farhan Abdirizak, aged 40, a Somalian native with Swedish citizenship, told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court their client was trying to help his “nephew” get into Ireland from  war-torn  Somalia.

A Swedish citizen has been jailed by an Irish court for 18 months after pleading guilty to trafficking an illegal immigrant into the State.

Lawyers for Farhan Abdirizak, aged 40, told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that the Swede, a native of Somalia, was trying to help his “nephew” get into Ireland from their war-torn native Somalia.