Medhane Yehdego Mered (L), 35, is pictured with Italian policemen as they land at Palermo airport, Italy, following his arrest in Khartoum, Sudan, on May 24, in this file photo released on June 8, 2016 by the Italian Police Department. Image pixellated at source. Italian Police Department/Handout via REUTERS
PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) - An alleged people smuggling kingpin arrested earlier this year appeared in an Italian court for the first time on Tuesday as his lawyer raised doubts about whether his identity was mistaken.
The man, identified as Medhane Yehdego Mered, was arrested in Sudan in May and extradited to Italy two weeks later. Prosecutors accuse him of being a people smuggler who calls himself "the General" after the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
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