Nine Egyptians have been arrested on suspicion of engaging in the smuggling of individuals, following the tragic capsizing of a migrant boat off the coast of Greece, which resulted in the loss of at least 78 lives, as reported by Greek public broadcaster ERT. The fishing boat initially set sail from Egypt without passengers, before picking up migrants in Libya’s port city Tobruk, Greek TV Skai reported. The precarious conditions encountered on the way led to the boat capsizing in Greek waters. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement expressing deep mourning for the victims of the incident, and condemned the continued exploitation by organized criminal networks engaged in illegal migration. “The Egyptian embassy in Athens is cooperating with the relevant Greek authorities around the clock to search for the missing, extract the bodies of the victims to determine their identities, and identify the number of Egyptian nationals among them,” the statement reads. The embassy is also monitoring the situation of the survivors whose identities have been established, providing necessary services to them. The arrest of the nine Egyptians took place in Kalamata, a port located in the Peloponnese…