A Libyan court has jailed 37 people convicted of human trafficking following the loss of 11 migrants who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea.
Five members of the criminal gang were sentenced to life in prison, while others received terms ranging from one to fifteen years.
Everyone had been involved in organizing a shabby boat that was meant to transport the migrants to Italy.
According to human rights organizations, many migrants suffer at the hands of smuggling gangs as well as inside state-run prison centers.
Since the overthrow of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, Libya has been wracked with one conflict or the other.
