The Attorney General said that several members of criminal gangs from Nigeria, who infiltrated Libya and engaged in transnational organized crime, were arrested.
According to the AG, intelligence led to a meeting of illegal immigrants whose purpose was to coordinate the criminal activities of various criminal organizations, including the Supreme Vikings Confraternity, the Supreme Eiye Confraternity, and the Black Axe. The investigator found that 35 illegal immigrants were associated with these groups, which are all based in Nigeria. In total 37 suspects were arrested, including the leader of the Supreme Vikings Confraternity in Libya.
According to the AG, they organized in Libya acts of witchcraft and sorcery, human trafficking, including organizing illegal migration to northern Mediterranean countries, forced labour, running brothels, international trafficking in women, kidnapping for ransom, trafficking in drugs and psychotropic substances, and theft. The gangs set up structures in Libya involving hundreds of illegal immigrants to achieve common goals between these gangs and mafia organizations operating in the Mediterranean countries. The investigator decided to refer all the accused, all of whom are in custody, to the Criminal Court.