Op-Ed: Reputational Damage Is Worse Than Losing Money
Jul 2 Sami Zaptia

Op-Ed: Reputational Damage Is Worse Than Losing Money

I have formally written to Libya’s Audit Bureau requesting an official public declaration to clear me, my family members, and the directors of compani...

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Joint statement by the embassies of France, Italy, Germany, UK and USA on the independence of Libya’s Audit Bureau
Mar 26 Sami Zaptia

Joint statement by the embassies of France, Italy, Germany, UK and USA on the independence of Libya’s Audit Bureau

The embassies of France, Italy, Germany, the UK and the USA issued a Joint Statement yesterday on the independence of Libya’s Audit Bureau. The statem...

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Aldabaiba reacts to cases of profligacy cited in the damning Audit Report by announcing restrictive spending measures
Sep 26 Sami Zaptia

Aldabaiba reacts to cases of profligacy cited in the damning Audit Report by announcing restrictive spending measures

Incumbent caretaker Prime Minister, Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba, has announced a series of spending restrictions on operating expenses on ministries and pub...

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Mar 10 Sami Zaptia

Controversial ECTN to continue operating: Customs Authority

By Sami Zaptia.The ECTN system is to continue operating  (Photo: ECTN.com)London, 10 March 2021:A letter was circulated yesterday by the Customs Autho...

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After receiving 20-day warning, Turkish electricity contractor ENKA to resume work shortly
Sep 14 Sami Zaptia

After receiving 20-day warning, Turkish electricity contractor ENKA to resume work shortly

By Sami Zaptia.London, 14 September 2020:After receiving a twenty-day ultimatum from Libya’s Audit Bureau to start implementing its contract or risk l...

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Moamalat POS processing centre to float 30 percent, 2,000 new machines ordered
Jul 5 Sami Zaptia

Moamalat POS processing centre to float 30 percent, 2,000 new machines ordered

By Sami Zaptia.London, 5 July 2016:Further to Libya Herald’s article of 29th June on the turnover and number of Point of Sale (POS) cards and machines...

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Apr 28 Sami Zaptia

Steady rise in US$ black market rate against dinar as Ramadan nears

By Sami Zaptia.The black market exchange rate of the US dollar has continued to rise in April (Photo: CBL)London, 28 April 2016:The black market excha...

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Transparency International ranks Libya seventh most corrupt country in 2015
Apr 22 Sami Zaptia

Transparency International ranks Libya seventh most corrupt country in 2015

By Sami Zaptia.London, 22 April 2016:Libya has scored 16 out of 100 and ranked a lowly 161st out of 168 in Transparency International’s latest 2015 Co...

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Audit Bureau exposes foreign currency scams
Aug 9 Sami Zaptia

Audit Bureau exposes foreign currency scams

By Libya Herald reporterTunis, 9 August 2015:Acting in cooperation with the Public Prosecution’s Office, the Audit Bureau revealed a list of eleven co...

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May 1 Sami Zaptia

Libya could be forced into taking un-Islamic interest-bearing loans: Audit Bureau

By Libya Herald reporter:The Audit Bureau has released its annual 2014 report.Tunis, 2 May 2015:Libya could be forced into taking un-Islamic interest-...

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