CBL Governor & Interior Minister discuss action plan to curb FX black-market, reduce smuggling across borders and imports outside banking system
May 18 Sami Zaptia

CBL Governor & Interior Minister discuss action plan to curb FX black-market, reduce smuggling across borders and imports outside banking system

Naji Issa, Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), and Major General Emad Al-Trabulsi, Minister of Interior, discussed a joint action plan a...

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Nearly 1 million crimes reported to police stations - confirms urgent need to dissolve all parallel security agencies / militias
Jun 16 Sami Zaptia

Nearly 1 million crimes reported to police stations - confirms urgent need to dissolve all parallel security agencies / militias

The reporting of 961,000 crimes to police stations across Libya since the 2011 revolution that ended the Qaddafi regime to the end of 2024 confirms th...

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Militia clashes in western Tripoli tourist village – Tripoli government clamps down
Jan 23 Sami Zaptia

Militia clashes in western Tripoli tourist village – Tripoli government clamps down

Two militia groups clashed in the Arab Maghreb Tourist Village (formerly known as the Regatta Tourist Village) in the Siahiya area of west Tripoli yes...

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Analysis: Tripoli government’s mass police congregation: Flexing muscles to powerful militias – realistic aims or just hot air?
Apr 28 Sami Zaptia

Analysis: Tripoli government’s mass police congregation: Flexing muscles to powerful militias – realistic aims or just hot air?

The Tripoli based Ministry of Interior held its first ever congregation of thousands of members in a major display at the disused Tripoli Internationa...

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Attorney General calls for enforcement of 8,676 old arrest warrants, including against 1,632 convicts still working for Interior Ministry
Oct 26 Sami Zaptia

Attorney General calls for enforcement of 8,676 old arrest warrants, including against 1,632 convicts still working for Interior Ministry

On Wednesday the Attorney General’s Office called for the enforcement of 8,676 old arrest warrants that have not been carried out. Specifically, it ca...

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Sep 24 Sami Zaptia

Kidnapping and murder of Tripoli woman sends shocks of insecurity through capital

By Sami Zaptia.(Logo: Tripoli Ministry of Interior).London, 24 September 2020: The confirmation of the kidnapping and murder by the Tripoli Interior M...

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Sep 16 Sami Zaptia

Ministry of Interior decrees to categorize and DDR militias

By Sami Zaptia.Libya's Tripoli-based Ministry of Interior Decree 1508/20 stipulates for the categorization and DDR of militias (Logo: MoI).London, 16...

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Tripoli starts to paint its taxis yellow
Aug 30 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli starts to paint its taxis yellow

By Sami Zaptia.London, 30 August 2019:Tripoli has started to paint the first batch of its taxis yellow as was decreed by its Interior Minister Fathi B...

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Main Libyan-Tunisian border crossing operating normally
Jun 26 Sami Zaptia

Main Libyan-Tunisian border crossing operating normally

By Sami Zaptia.London, 26 June 2019:The Tripoli-based Ministry of Interior has assured travelling Libyans that its computer system is now up and runni...

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Mar 25 Sami Zaptia

MoI temporarily suspends right to demonstrate due to security conditions

By Sami Zaptia. The Serraj MoI has temporarily suspended the right to demonstrate due to security reasons (Photo: MoI). London, 25 March 2019: The...

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