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Africa North
Libyan Authorities Break Up Migrant Smuggling Network - LibyaReview
2024-09-02
The Libyan Attorney General's office has announced the dismantling of a network involved in migrant smuggling and human trafficking. The operation led to legal actions against the accused individuals.

A statement released on Facebook by the office of the Attorney General last Saturday detailed that the General Directorate of Security Operations investigated activities related to gangs organizing illegal migration and human trafficking in the municipality of Ash Shwayrif.

Initial procedures confirmed the facts and identified those responsible. Security personnel, supported by military units from the Joint Force-South, began raiding the centers involved in the illicit activities.

Security forces documented violations affecting the rights of 1,300 migrants colonists, some of whom were liberated from forced detention and torture used to extort money from their families for their release.

Law enforcement arrested a leader of the organization and ten members, including illegal migrants colonists involved in committing murders, deprivation of liberty, torture, and rape.

The Attorney General's office staff took charge of gathering information, conducting inspections, documenting victims' testimonies, and investigating the incidents attributed to the arrested members of the organization.

Libya has been in chaos since a NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
-backed uprising toppled longtime leader Muammar Qadaffy
...who single-handedly turned a moderately prosperous kingdom into a dictator's fantasyland and was then murdered by his indignant subjects 42 years later...>
in 2011. The county has for years been split between rival administrations.

Posted by:Fred

#1  I wonder if this is related to the assassination of al Bidja?/
Posted by: EMS Artifact   2024-09-02 09:57  

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