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Subject IS militants being smuggled into Europe on migrant boats: Libyan official

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Libyan government adviser tells BBC that Islamic State militants control boat owners, take their income

Fighters from the Islamic State are being smuggled into Europe by gangs in the Mediterranean who hide them on boats filled with migrants, a Libyan official has revealed.

Government adviser Abdul Basit Haroun told the BBC that IS militants were controlling boat owners and permitting them to continue their operations in exchange for 50 percent of their income.

Haroun said IS used "the boats for their people who they want to send to Europe as the European police don't know who is from IS and who is a normal refugee or not."

The Libyan official suggested that the IS fighters were planning ahead for future attacks in Europe and that they were "for IS - 100%."

With more than 1,800 dead this year alone, 2015 is shaping up as the deadliest ever for refugees seeking to reach Europe via the Mediterranean.

Backing up the claims made by Haroun, The Global Initiative released a report last week showing that terrorist groups including IS are benefiting from the human trafficking trade that illegally smuggles boatloads of people from the Libyan coast across the Mediterranean Sea into Europe.

According to the report, human trafficking trade generates between $255 million and $323 million each year.

"The value of this trade dwarfs any existing trafficking and smuggling businesses in the region, and has particularly strengthened groups with a terrorist agenda, including the Islamic State," the report states.

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