The resolution calls on the member states to help Libya build "needed capacity," including border security, and to "prevent, investigate and prosecute acts of smuggling of migrants and human trafficking through its territory and in its territorial sea."
Operation Sophia brings together Italian, French, German, British and Spanish warships, including Italy’s Cavour C 550 aircraft carrier and France’s Courbet F 712 stealth frigate.
In late June, the European Union launched the EUNAVFOR (European Union Naval Force) Med, which was later renamed Operation Sophia, to tackle human traffickers who smuggle migrants from North Africa to Europe.
The first phase focused on collecting information on human traffickers, using vessels and aircraft deployed in international waters, which ran from June to September. The second phase of the naval operation authorizes the boarding, search, seizure and diversion of ships found to be used for human trafficking.