Criminal gang detained for holding 263 illegal immigrants hostage to extort ransom from their families
Jan 30 Sami Zaptia

Criminal gang detained for holding 263 illegal immigrants hostage to extort ransom from their families

‎The Attorney General’s Office reported yesterday that prosectors had ordered the detention of two members of a criminal gang whose members deliberate...

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Jul 17 Nigel Ash

Claim and counter claim in Malta medical visa scam court case

By Libya Herald reporters.Tunis, 17 July 2017:The alleged middleman in a medical visa racket that targeted Libyan nationals has denied charges of exto...

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Jun 16 Michel Cousins

IOM says 200 migrants being held for ransom and tortured in Libyan detention centre

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 16 June 2017:The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has met with the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL)...

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Jun 8 Emad

Kidnapped bank manager released after LD 50,000 ransom paid

By Jamal Adel.Tripoli, 8 June 8, 2014:The deputy manager of a bank in the border town of Ghadames, kidnapped on Thursday and who has asked not to be n...

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Oct 30 thomwestcott

Bank manager killed after LD 10 million ransom demand went unpaid

By Maha Ellawati.Benghazi, 30 October 2013:The body of a bank manager, who had been held for 45 days by kidnappers demanding a LD 10 million ransom, h...

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Kidnappers threaten to kill ten-year old if they fail to receive LD 500,000 ransom
Nov 30 George Grant

Kidnappers threaten to kill ten-year old if they fail to receive LD 500,000 ransom

By George Grant.Tripoli, 30 November:Criminals have threatened to kill a ten-year old boy abducted from a small town west of Tripoli on Thursday after...

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