A Libyan court sentences 3 people to prison terms over human trafficking

  • 📰 CTVNews
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 24 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 13%
  • Publisher: 99%

Law Law Headlines News

Law Law Latest News,Law Law Headlines

A court in the Libyan capital sentenced three people to harsh prison terms on charges of human trafficking, in a first such ruling in a North African nation where migrants are routinely mistreated.

The Criminal Court of Tripoli convicted the three of human trafficking, detaining, and torturing migrants, and extorting their families to pay ransom to release their relatives, according to a statement Friday by the office of Libya's chief processor.

The statement didn't reveal further details including their identities or nationalities. General Prosecutor al-Sediq al-Sourr was not immediately available for comment on Saturday. Human traffickers have benefited from the instability in Libya and smuggled migrants through the country's lengthy border with six nations. They then pack desperate people into ill-equipped rubber boats and other vessels in risky voyages on the Central Mediterranean Sea route.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 1. in LAW

Law Law Latest News, Law Law Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Victim’s mother-in-law calls killer ‘monster’ at North Vancouver stabbing sentencing | Globalnews.caThe mother-in-law of a woman killed in a mass stabbing at a North Vancouver library two years ago told a sentencing hearing that her attacker is a 'monster.'
Source: GlobalNational - 🏆 81. / 51 Read more »