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Maythem Radhi guilty of involvement in 2001 people-smuggling operation from Indonesia to Australia where 353 people drowned

An Iraqi national who helped facilitate a failed people-smuggling operation more than 20 years ago which saw hundreds of passengers drown has been sentenced to seven years in jail.

During a Supreme Court trial held in Brisbane, prosecutors alleged Maythem Radhi was involved in a syndicate which planned to bring more than 400 asylum seekers from Indonesia to Australia on a fishing boat in October 2001.

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