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The Italian Foreign Ministry has rejected extortion over the Italian nationals detained in Libya's Benghazi.
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A United Nations report based on 1,300 first-hand accounts has detailed abuse by smugglers and traffickers against illegal immigrants detained in or passing through Libya between January 2017 and August 2017.
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The Libyan Interior Ministry said it had opened a probe for the allegations reported by the BBC in which Libyan coastguards and police were accused of illegal practices.
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Human Rights Solidarity (HRS) revealed in its report on the occasion of the World Day for Human Trafficking that it had monitored a rise in the crime of human trafficking in Libya.
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The head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Jens Stoltenberg, stated on Sunday that the alliance is ready to help Libya to rebuild their security institutions and aid in the elimination of the migration
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The Libyan Navy Force’s spokesman Ayoub Qassim denied in a statement the accusations of the British Daily Mail newspaper that claimed Libyan coastguards mistreated immigrants, backing up its claims by footage allegedly
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The National Oil Corporation (NOC) welcomed the Security Council's decision to impose international sanctions against Libyans involved in human trafficking and smuggling of migrants.
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The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, said that the recent sanctions imposed on a number of human traffickers in Libya are part of a larger international effort to seek accountability for those involve
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