Libya has issued 205 arrest warrants for Libyans and foreigners suspected of being involved in a smuggling network for migrants heading to Europe. They include accusations of human trafficking, torture, murder and rape. The Libyan attorney general's office said the network included members of...
Libya's top prosecutor says criminal groups are smuggling Libyan fuel on board fishing vessels to Europe. Al-Sadiq al-Sour, the Head of the Attorney General's Office Investigation Bureau, told reporters on Wednesday their investigations revealed that smugglers use sea routes to...
The United States has issued a new round of sanctions targeting oil smugglers in Libya aimed at blocking exploitation of natural resources that is driving instability, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Monday. In a statement, Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said it was...
The Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) on Monday confirmed that arrest warrants have been issued by the Attorney General against fuel smugglers in western Libya. “NOC commends the Attorney General’s decision to issue arrest warrants against over 144 smugglers...
Libyan authorities intercepted a van laden with 3000 turtles at the checkpoint of Kharoba, Marij town in eastern Libya. The security patrol told the press that the turtles were coming from Benghazi and off to Tobruk in order to ultimately be smuggled to Egypt. Libya's natural resources have...
Smugglers have been stealing fuel in Libya and selling it on across Europe, according to Italian police. Italian police said on Wednesday that they had broken up a network selling low-quality Libyan diesel fuel worth €30 million euros at service stations in Sicily and as far away as...
The National Oil Corporation (NOC) in Libya has welcomed the arrest of the most wanted human, fuel smuggler and drug dealer in the country by Special Deterrent Force (SDF) in Tripoli. The SDF announced Thursday that it had arrested the most wanted smuggler Fahmi Salim Bin Khalifa (A.K.A. King of...
Libya's Tripoli government denies reaching unity of military agreement in Cairo
Italy sends Libyan Navy "Fezzan Boat" as part of maritime cooperation
IOM: Over 13.000 illegal immigrants repatriated from Libya in 2018
Cross-border security meeting between Libya, Chad, Niger and Sudan to convene Wednesday
Russia set up two military bases and sent troops on ground in east Libya
9% of fuel sold in Italy's petrol stations is smuggled from Libya, report says
Bank clerks intentionally delaying kickoff of Libya's economic reforms
Libya's eastern strongman insists he wants to secure elections and liberate Tripoli
