UN sanctions human traffickers in Libya (World Join Bodi sanction human traffickers in Libya)

Six leaders of human trafficking networks wey dey operate for Libya don get sanction by the World Join Bodi’s Security Council. Dis na de first time human traffickers go dey show on de international sanctions list. Four of de sanctioned traffickers na Libyans while de oda two na from Eritrea. De sanctions go place a global travel ban on de traffickers and go freeze assets wey belong to dem.

Over de years, Libya don become major route for human smuggling and trafficking as well as leaving point for waka go abroad pipu wey wan try reach Europe by sea.

De new sanctions na de result of a global call for action against traffickers in Libya. De Netherlands raise de issue and propose a global asset freeze and travel ban on de top six most ogbonge human traffickers on 1 May. De proposal dey motivate in part by a news story dat showed African waka broad pipu wey dem sell as slaves late last year.

“Last fall, pishure of waka abroad pipu wey dem sell as slaves in Libya shock our conscience, and de Security Council vow to take action,” talk America envoy to de World Join Body, Nikki Haley.

“Today’s sanctions don send a strong message dat de international community dey united in finding accountability for perpetrators of human trafficking and smuggling. Dere is no place in our world for such abuses of human rights and human rights and human dignity, “ she talk.

One of de men, Eritrean Ermias Ghermay, was described inside de original sanctions request as de leader of a network wey dey responsible for “trafficking and smuggling tens of thousands of waka abroad pipu” from de Horn of Africa to de coast of Libya and onwards to Europe and America.

De oda sanctioned individuals na Abd al Rahman al-Milad, head of de Libyan coastguard in Zawiya; Mohammed Kachlaf, head of de Shuhada al Nasr brigade, a militia in Zawiya, Western Libya; Ahmad Oumar al-Dabbashi, de leader of anoda Libyan militia; Musab Abu-Qarin, also from Libya; and Fitiwi Abdelrazak from Eritrea.

Afta de announcement of de sanctions, World Join Bodi Secretary General, Antonio Guterres tweet say, “We dey horrified by pictures of human beings for sale in Libya last year. I welcome de Security Council’s decision to sanction six traffickers and smugglers. Dere must be accountability for exploitation and human rights abuses”.

Since 2014, human traffickers haf operate with impunity in Libya due to de instability of Libya’s parallel and feuding governing structures. During dat time period, hundreds of thousands of migrants hav been smuggled across de Mediterranean Sea, with thousands losing deir lives during de journey.

Photo Source: voanews.com. The U.N. Security Council during a session in New York City, U.S

TMP – 13/06/2018