A Libyan border guard stands near migrants from sub-Saharan African countries who claim to have been abandoned in the desert by Tunisian authorities without water or shelter, during a rescue operation in an uninhabited area near the border town of Al-Assah on July 16, 2023. Hundreds of migrants from sub-Saharan African countries were forcibly taken to desert and hostile areas bordering Libya and Algeria after unrest in early July in Sfax, Tunisia's second-largest city. (Photo by Mahmud Turkia / AFP)
A Libyan border guard stands near migrants from sub-Saharan African countries who claim to have been abandoned in the desert by Tunisian authorities without water or shelter, during a rescue operation in an uninhabited area near the border town of Al-Assah on July 16, 2023. Hundreds of migrants from sub-Saharan African countries were forcibly taken to desert and hostile areas bordering Libya and Algeria after unrest in early July in Sfax, Tunisia’s second-largest city. (Photo by Mahmud Turkia / AFP)
TUNIS – UNIVERSNEWS – Les unités de la Garde nationale de Regueb et Sidi Bouzid ont pu démanteler un réseau spécialisé dans la traite des êtres humains et procédé à l’arrestation de deux de ses membres.
Un communiqué publié dimanche par la direction générale de la Garde nationale précise que ce réseau transporte en transit des personnes en provenance de l’Afrique Subsaharienne vers le gouvernorat de Sfax pour prendre part à des opérations d’immigration clandestine.
Le communiqué ajoute que les mesures judiciaires nécessaires ont été prises contre les membres de ce réseau.