Nov 20 Nigel Ash

Roadblock robbers net LD 1.5 million near Sebha

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 20 November 2013:A six-man gang dressed in army uniforms stopped bank officials at a phoney roadblock, beat them up and...

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Nov 6 Michel Cousins

Troops sent to Sirte to catch bank robbers

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.Tripoli, 6 November 2013:A Libyan army contingent was reportedly deployed yesterday to Sirte following the LD 69-million bank ro...

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Oct 30 thomwestcott

Sirte banks remain closed after Monday's heist

By Maha Ellawati.Benghazi, 30 October 2013:All banks in Sirte have remained closed for a second day, following the theft of LD 53 million that was bei...

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Million dinar Eid bank heist
Oct 17 Michel Cousins

Million dinar Eid bank heist

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.Tripoli, 17 October 2013:Thieves decided to celebrate Eid by helping themselves to a million dinars from a bank in Ajilat, south...

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Aug 17 Nigel Ash

Meagre haul for Bani Walid acetylene bank robbers

By Houda Mzioudet and Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli, 17 August 2013:After tying up a bank guard and using an acetylene equipment to cut their way into a...

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Jul 11 thomwestcott

Second Sirte bank robbery - LD 411,000 taken

By Houda Mzioudet.Tripoli, 11 July 2013:Masked men yesterday robbed the Sirte branch of the North Africa Bank at gunpoint, making off with LD 411,000...

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Sirte bank raiders snatch LD 94,000
Jul 3 Nigel Ash

Sirte bank raiders snatch LD 94,000

Tripoli, 3 July 2013:Two gunman burst into the Abu Hadi branch of the Jumhouria Bank in Sirte yesterday and made off with LD 94 thousand in cash. Acco...

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May 25 Michel Cousins

Sebha thieves net LD 2 million

Tripoli, 25 May 2013:Staff from the Central Bank’s branch in Sebha and from the National Commercial Bank’s (NCB) branches operating in the region stag...

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Mar 13 Michel Cousins

Tobruk bank robbers condemned to death

Benghazi 13 March 2013:Five men found guilty of killing four staff of the Tobruk branch of the Bank of North Africa last May during an LD 2-million ba...

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