IOM identifies 894,890 migrants in Libya from 45 nationalities in May-July 2025 reporting period – 18 percent up on 2024
Oct 10 Sami Zaptia

IOM identifies 894,890 migrants in Libya from 45 nationalities in May-July 2025 reporting period – 18 percent up on 2024

IOM’s latest Libya Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) programme identified a total of 894,890 migrants from 45 nationalities across the 100 Libyan mun...

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EUBAM trains 30 Drugs Control Agency and Customs Authority officers in advanced hand-held x-ray scanners
Aug 26 Sami Zaptia

EUBAM trains 30 Drugs Control Agency and Customs Authority officers in advanced hand-held x-ray scanners

EUBAM Libya announced yesterday that it has enhanced Libya’s capacity to counter illicit trafficking by training 30 officers from the Narcotics and Ps...

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Attempt to smuggle alcoholic drinks thwarted by customs at Misrata Free Zone
Aug 14 Sami Zaptia

Attempt to smuggle alcoholic drinks thwarted by customs at Misrata Free Zone

Libya’s Customs Authority reported last Sunday (10 August) that the Misrata Free Zone Customs Centre successfully prevented the smuggling of a large c...

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Regulating migrant workers and promoting voluntary deportation programmes for illegal immigrants ‎discussed by Labour and Interior Ministers
Jul 31 Sami Zaptia

Regulating migrant workers and promoting voluntary deportation programmes for illegal immigrants ‎discussed by Labour and Interior Ministers

‎The Tripoli based Libyan Interior Ministry reported yesterday that its Acting Minister, Emad Trabelsi, held a meeting on the same day with the Minist...

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EUBAM donates ten advanced handheld X-ray scanners to Narcotics Control Agency and Libyan Customs Authority
Jul 28 Sami Zaptia

EUBAM donates ten advanced handheld X-ray scanners to Narcotics Control Agency and Libyan Customs Authority

EUBAM Libya reported today that, as part of its continued support to Libyan law enforcement agencies, it recently donated ten advanced handheld X-ray...

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Western Mountain Military Region conducts operation around Ghadames against drug trafficking and transnational organised crime
Jul 17 Sami Zaptia

Western Mountain Military Region conducts operation around Ghadames against drug trafficking and transnational organised crime

‎The Western Mountain Military Region reported on 14 July that it had conducted a limited operation in and around the city of Ghadames to police and b...

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There are 4 million irregular migrants in Libya: Interior Minister Trabelsi
Jul 10 Sami Zaptia

There are 4 million irregular migrants in Libya: Interior Minister Trabelsi

‎During an international meeting on irregular migration held in Tripoli last Tuesday (8 July), Tripoli based Libyan Minister of Interior Emad Trabelsi...

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Is the U.S. sending migrants to Libya? ‘‘I don’t know, you will have to ask Homeland Security’’: Trump
May 8 Sami Zaptia

Is the U.S. sending migrants to Libya? ‘‘I don’t know, you will have to ask Homeland Security’’: Trump

‎Asked at a press conference in the Whitehouse yesterday if the U.S. is sending migrants to Libya, President Trump replied ‘‘I don’t know. You will ha...

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Transport Minister and Undersecretary of Defence visit Chad capital N'Djamena to discuss direct flights, border security and illegal migration
Apr 9 Sami Zaptia

Transport Minister and Undersecretary of Defence visit Chad capital N'Djamena to discuss direct flights, border security and illegal migration

‎A high-level Libyan delegation headed by the Tripoli based Minister of Transport, Mohamed Al-Shahoubi, including Undersecretary of the Ministry of De...

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LEF anti-smuggling operations at Ras Ajder Libyan Tunisian land border crossing seize Tunisian vehicles intended for smuggling
Mar 18 Sami Zaptia

LEF anti-smuggling operations at Ras Ajder Libyan Tunisian land border crossing seize Tunisian vehicles intended for smuggling

‎Patrols of the Law Enforcement Force (LEF) of the General Directorate of Security Operations seized several Tunisian motor vehicles at the Ras Ajdir...

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