EU consciously complicit in migrant torture claims Amnesty International
Dec 12 Michel Cousins

EU consciously complicit in migrant torture claims Amnesty International

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 12 December 2017:Amnesty International has accused European governments of being “knowingly complicit” in the torture...

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Joint Libyan-Italian migrant operations centre to be established
Dec 9 Michel Cousins

Joint Libyan-Italian migrant operations centre to be established

By Jamie Prentis. Serraj and Minniti (Photo: PC media office)Tunis, 9 December 2017:Libya and Italy have agreed to set up a joint operations centre to...

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Nov 15 Nigel Ash

Italy and Germany rebut UN criticism of their Libyan anti-migrant backing

By Libya Herald reporters. Libyan Coastguard vessels on patrol (Photo:Libyan Navy)Tunis, 15 November 2017:The Italian and German foreign ministers hav...

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Oct 18 Nigel Ash

Italy busts gang smuggling Zawia diesel to Sicily

By Libya Herald reporters.The alleged 'fuel smuggling boss, Ben Khalifa held by Rada (Photo: Rada).Tunis, 18 October 2017:A year-long covert operation...

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Oct 12 Michel Cousins

Crimean tanker attacked by coastguard arrives in Malta

By Libya Herald reporter. The oil tanker Goeast under fire from Libyan coastguard (Video grab from coastguard Facebook page)Tunis, 12 October 2017:Con...

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Albanian cargo vessel seized off Zawia
Sep 17 Nigel Ash

Albanian cargo vessel seized off Zawia

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 17 September 2017:A Panamanian-registered cargo vessel is being held by the Libyan Coastguard on suspicion of smugg...

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Sep 16 Nigel Ash

More than a thousand migrants caught by the coastguard

By Libya Herald reporters. A flimsy rubber raft packed with migrants (File photo: MSF)Tripoli, 16 September 2017:The Libyan Coastguard today said it h...

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Italian envoy lauds Sabratha mayor's action on migrant smugglers
Sep 10 Nigel Ash

Italian envoy lauds Sabratha mayor's action on migrant smugglers

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 10 September 2017:Increased security has cut back migrant smuggling, Italian ambassador Giuseppe Perrone said today...

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Another tanker detained by Libyan coastguard, plus a trawler
Aug 31 Michel Cousins

Another tanker detained by Libyan coastguard, plus a trawler

By Gabriel Harrison.Tunis, 31 August 2017:Two more foreign vessels were arrested by the coastguard yesterday off the west coast of Libya. A tanker, na...

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Coastguard arrests Greek tanker, claims it was smuggling oil
Aug 28 Michel Cousins

Coastguard arrests Greek tanker, claims it was smuggling oil

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 28 August 2017:The Libyan coastguard has arrested an oil tanker and taken it to Tripoli on suspicion of trying to smug...

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