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Four sentenced 12-22 years after deadly migrant capsizing

4/30/2026

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Criminal Court clarified on April 28 that only one of the four convicted gang members was sentenced in absentia, correcting earlier reports.
The court sentenced the four members to 12–22 years for smuggling migrants from Zuwara and kidnapping them for ransom with torture videos.
After a Tobruk boat capsized, killing 38 Sudanese, Egyptian and Ethiopian nationals, at least 17 bodies were recovered, prompting Public Prosecutor to order the gang’s arrest.

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Criminal Court clarified on April 28 that only one of the four convicted gang members was sentenced in absentia, correcting earlier reports.
The court sentenced the four members to 12–22 years for smuggling migrants from Zuwara and kidnapping them for ransom with torture videos.
After a Tobruk boat capsized, killing 38 Sudanese, Egyptian and Ethiopian nationals, at least 17 bodies were recovered, prompting Public Prosecutor to order the gang’s arrest.