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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Million dinar ransom demanded for Warshefana man
Aug 2 Nigel Ash

Million dinar ransom demanded for Warshefana man

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 2 August 2016:A man in his seventies has been kidnapped near Warshefana and is being held for a million dinar ranso...

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Dec 20 Nigel Ash

Tripoli kidnappers want $5 million to free Maltese doctor

By Libya Herald Reporters. Dr Pierre Baldaccino of St James Hospital (Photo: social media)Tripoli, 20 December 2015:It now seems clear that the Maltes...

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United Bank Deputy GM released yesterday
Jul 7 Sami Zaptia

United Bank Deputy GM released yesterday

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 7 July 2015: The Deputy General Manager of United Bank, Abdelkareem Msaad, was released yesterday, sources confirmed t...

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Jun 2 Nigel Ash

Kufra Kidnappers want LD1.5 million to release victims

By Ajnadin Mustafa. Tripoli, 2 June 2015:A kidnap gang is reportedly demanding LD1.5 million for the release of 15  victims, two of them brothers,  w...

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Sep 10 Callum Paton

Kidnapping of Benghazi bank manager sparks protests and bank closures

By Farah Waleed. Benghazi, 10 September 2014: The kidnapping of Gumhouriya Bank Manger Bushafa Al-Amari in Benghazi resulted in the closure of banks...

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Apr 20 Michel Cousins

Kidnapped Benghazi student freed

By Noora Ibrahim.Benghazi, 20 April 2014:Benghazi University student, Mohammed Bin Issa Al-Sharis, who was kidnapped on 8 April has been reunited with...

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Jan 6 Callum Paton

Seventy seven year old man and child kidnapped in Benghazi

By Noora Ibrahim.Benghazi, 6 January 2014:A 77-year-old man and five-year-old child have been kidnapped in two separate abductions in Benghazi over th...

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