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Libyan Courts Sentence Gang; 38 Migrants Die

4/30/2026

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  • Libyan courts sentenced four gang members to up to 22 years for trafficking, ransom abductions and torture.
  • Authorities reported that seventeen migrants died, nine remain missing, seven survivors were rescued near Tobruk, and the bodies of the missing are expected to wash ashore soon.
  • Public prosecutors ordered the arrest of another gang accused of sending a dilapidated boat from Tobruk that capsized, killing 38 Sudanese, Egyptian and Ethiopian nationals.