The Attorney General’s Office announced the arrest of individuals involved in active international criminal gangs based in Nigeria, who infiltrated Libya and practiced organized crime there.
According to a statement from the office, the intelligence chief sent information indicating a meeting of illegal immigrants, including for the purpose of coordinating criminal activities run by criminal organizations called “High Viking”, “EMSI”, “EE”, “Black Axe” and the New Black Movement in Africa.
The investigator concluded that 35 illegal immigrants were linked to these groups, which are based in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. They organized acts inside Libya (practicing magic and sorcery; exploiting them in human trafficking, including the practice of forced labor represented in directing female immigrants subject to the control of the organizations to perform domestic service; managing brothels in the country; and trafficking in women on an international scale); as well as organizing the movement of illegal immigration to the countries of the northern Mediterranean; kidnapping; promoting drugs and psychotropic substances; and theft.
In the context of the same investigation procedures, the intelligence officer was able to arrest the 37 suspects, including the leader of the “Viking” group in Libya. The investigator conducted an investigation against them, which led to proving the infiltration of the aforementioned organizations into the State of Libya, and consolidating their presence there by establishing structures in which hundreds of illegal immigrants were involved, to achieve common goals between these gangs and the mafia organizations active in the Mediterranean countries.
As a result, the investigator decided to refer all the accused to the court for trial.
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2024-09-21 18:12:24