The bodies of 20 people who got lost in the Libyan desert have been found, according to rescuers, who presume the group died of thirst.
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Libya’s SSA arrests human traffickers
In the city of Zuwarah, 102 km west of the capital Tripoli, the Stability Support Apparatus was able to seize gangs of human smugglers.
Read More »444th Combat Brigade storms crime dens south of Tripoli
In what it described as ‘‘a painful and fatal blow to smugglers, arms dealers, and outlaws’’, the 444th Combat Brigade, a detachment of the (western-based) Libyan Army, conducted a wide operation at dawn on Friday south of Tripoli.
Read More »Switzerland to launch probe into 2014-2015 Libya state oil ‘looting’
Swiss state prosecutors said Thursday they were investigating suspected war crimes through looting, in a probe into a network allegedly smuggling Libyan gasoil.
Read More »Brigade 444 frees 195 people kidnapped by “criminal gang”
Brigade 444 of the Government of National Unity freed Sunday 195 people, including 23 women and two children, from the grip of a criminal gang in Bani Walid city in central Libya.
Read More »Interior Minister calls for doubling efforts to dismantle “criminal gangs”
The Libyan Interior Minister, Khalid Mazen, called on all security apparatuses to double their efforts to exact security and dismantle criminal gangs for the safety of the people.
Read More »40 African migrants caught in human smuggling den in Sabratha west of Tripoli
The Interior Ministry of the Libyan outgoing government said that the Sabratha Security Directorate transferred 40 people of different African nationalities to the Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency, after they were caught in a human smuggling den in the city during the last period.
Read More »444 Brigade continues fight against fuel smugglers
The fighting detachments of the 444th Brigade announced yesterday that it is continuing its anti-fuel smuggling campaign on the edges of greater Tripoli.
Read More »US repatriates smuggled ancient artifacts to Libya
The United States on Thursday returned a cache of smuggled ancient artifacts to Libya as the oil-rich Mediterranean country struggles to protect its heritage against the backdrop of years of war, turmoil and unrest.
Read More »Criminal Investigation Agency arrests kidnappers of foreigners in Zuwara
The Western Border Region Investigations Bureau of the Criminal Investigation Agency has arrested a gang that had kidnapped a number of foreigners on the outskirts of Zuwara.
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