UN says most armed groups involved in human trafficking in Libya have links to the country’s official security institutions.
UN sanctions experts said in a confidential report to a Security Council committee seen by Reuters, smugglers operating with impunity in Libya have sent hundreds of thousands of migrants to Europe, mainly Italy, by sea since 2014.
They said thousands have died during the voyages.
“Armed groups, which were party to larger political-military coalitions, have specialized in illegal smuggling activities, notably human smuggling and trafficking,” experts reported to the 15-member Security Council committee.
They said most of these armed groups “were nominally affiliated to official security institutions.”
The experts were reporting on an arms embargo and targeted sanctions that the UN Security…
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