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The Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons of the US State Department has developed bilateral, regional, and global projects worth more than $225 million in more than 95 countries, including Libya, according to the
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Authorities in Niger have arrested a 29-year-old Libyan national suspected of leading a ring smuggling African migrants from Niger to Europe, a source from the French police has confirmed.
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The Law Enforcement Force said that it had clashed with an armed group working in human trafficking in front of the beach of Sabratha, adding that its units spotted a suspicious movement near the sea.
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The 444th Brigade of the Libyan army says it arrested three outlaws involved in smuggling activities after an encounter in the middle of the desert.
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The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, will travel to Libya to enhance cooperation with the national authorities on crimes against victims of human trafficking in Libya, Prosecutor Khan unveiled in
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Patrols of the Tasks Department of the General Directorate of Security Operations managed to thwart a smuggling operation of migrants across the shores of Al-Qaraboli area, east of Tripoli.
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The Interior Ministry has opened an investigation into the death of 15 migrants in Sabratha who, according to locals, died in a dispute between two groups of people smugglers.
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The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has confirmed that more than 1600 illegal migrants have been trafficked between 2020 and 2022, adding that most of them are from Nigeria, Somalia and Sudan.
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