The US State Department renewed calls for a political solution in Libya as it slapped a Libyan exporter and several others with sanctions over fuel and drug smuggling out of the war-torn country.

The 30 migrants killed by traffickers in Libya on Wednesday were abducted while crossing the country and then tortured to extract a ransom, Bangladesh’s foreign ministry has said, citing a survivor.

The family of a Libyan smuggler killed by migrants have taken revenge by killing 26 Bangladeshis and four Africans, the country’s UN-recognised government said Thursday.

A Journalist at the Swiss-based “Public Eye” organization, Agathe Duparc has said that the Swiss company “Kolmar Group AG” involved in smuggling Libyan oil between 2014 and 2016 had rented two underground warehouses in Malta to store the smuggled shipments.

Libyan Crimes Watch said the legal advisor Salah Beltamer was arrested by gunmen in Marj town on Saturday, adding that relatives said the reason of the arrest was Beltamer’s criticism of arbitrary detention of judiciary officials and personnel.

On board the Ocean Viking in the Mediterranean Sea – Kelly was eight months pregnant with twins when she climbed onto a fragile rubber boat on the shores of Libya in complete darkness.

Italian press sources have predicted that the International Criminal Court (ICC) may issue arrest warrants for Libyans involved in human trafficking operations in Libya.

Sirte Protection and Security Force has arrested, in cooperation with the Military Police, a gang involved in organized migrants smuggling at the eastern entrance of Sirte.

The UN-backed government in Libya has ordered the arrest of a man described as one of the world’s most notorious human traffickers who was this month revealed to have attended meetings between Italian officials and a Libyan delegation to discuss controls on migration flows from north Africa.

Ministry of Interior has called on the Council of Ministers to declare a state of emergency and take extraordinary measures in order to deter crime and instil a sense of personal safety in civilians. This came after the murder of a young man in front of a shop, in Sarraj …