Magharebia interviewed Ali Hashem al-Zway, head of the Supreme Security Committee for the town of Jaghbub near the Egyptian border, about the difficulties of combating smuggling in remote areas. Libya lacks a comprehensive border security system, and as seen from this interview security is left in some areas to ad-hoc local forces grown out of militias from the 2011 Libyan revolution such as the Supreme Security Committees rather than specialized trained forces with a dedicated budget.Al-Zway said that among the items smuggled into Libya for sale on the black market were "narcotic Tramadol pills, bags of expired chicken liver and medications...[e]verything you can imagine", and he also spoke of arresting groups of illegal immigrants from "Egypt, Sudan, Bangladesh and Pakistan" as well as the Libyans involved in the human trafficking.He complained of not having enough equipment to do the job due to lack of support from the Jaghbub local council and lack of support from the central government. When asked if the government had provided funding and equipment he replied, "nothing, except for three vehicles that we received from the Supreme Security Committee in Tobruk, which we report to."You can read the rest of the interview here: 'Everything is smuggled in Libya'.
'Everything You Can Imagine' Smuggled to Libya