Libya: Security Council authorizes operations to disrupt migrant smuggling

Libya: Security Council authorizes operations to disrupt migrant smuggling

New York, Oct 10 (IBNS): Acting to help save the threatened lives of migrants or of victims of human trafficking and to disrupt criminal enterprises operating on the high-seas off the coast of Libya, the United Nations Security Council on Friday authorized for one year operations by the European Union (EU) and individual countries to inspect and or seize vessels of suspected of people smuggling in the Mediterranean.

by IBNS October 10, 2015