The UN Safety Council (UNSC) voted unanimously in favor of a UK-drafted decision to counter illicit oil exports and smuggling from Libya on 14 April. The vote, taken throughout a particular session on Libya, comes after a UN report discovered that non-public Libyan firm Arkenu has been diverting oil revenues away from the CBL to offshore financial institution accounts benefiting armed teams (MEES, 17 April).
The UNSC says that Decision 2819 of 2026 authorizes member states “to examine on the excessive seas vessels designated by the 1970 Libya Sanctions Committee as being concerned within the illicit export of petroleum from the nation, and for the Committee to impose measures on such vessels, together with denial of port entry, prohibition of servicing and associated monetary transactions, and the return of illicit cargoes to Libya.” (CONTINUED – 226 WORDS)
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