World Bulletin/News Desk

Four people convicted of human trafficking in Greece have been sentenced to a total of 282 years in prison. 

Two Turkish nationals and two Syrian nationals arrested on a boat carrying 138 illegal migrants to Greece last year were found guilty of human trafficking by a court in Heraklion, the administrative capital of the island of Crete.

Two of the human traffickers, aged 42 and 31, were sentenced to a total of 142 years in prison, while the two others, aged 48 and 31, were jailed for 70 years.