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Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115 Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115 Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115 Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115
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Libyan Customs foil attempt to smuggle €140,000 at Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport
Feb 11 Sami Zaptia

Libyan Customs foil attempt to smuggle €140,000 at Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport

The Libyan Customs Authority announced today that it had foiled an attempt to smuggle €140,000 out of the country in foreign currency in violation of...

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Customs Authority uncovers 11 companies involved in illicit use of Letters of Credit exceeding US$ 54 million
Jan 16 Sami Zaptia

Customs Authority uncovers 11 companies involved in illicit use of Letters of Credit exceeding US$ 54 million

The Libyan Customs Authority announced yesterday the detection of 11 companies that obtained Letters of Credit at the official (and lower) exchange ra...

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Customs Authority foils attempt to smuggle over € 490,000 through Misrata airport
Dec 31 Sami Zaptia

Customs Authority foils attempt to smuggle over € 490,000 through Misrata airport

The Libyan Customs Authority reported yesterday that, in cooperation with the Internal Security Agency, it had foiled an attempt on the same day to sm...

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Customs Authority thwarts attempt to smuggle over €123,000 through Mitiga Airport
Dec 21 Sami Zaptia

Customs Authority thwarts attempt to smuggle over €123,000 through Mitiga Airport

Libya’s Customs Authority reported yesterday that last Friday (19 December) members of the Investigation Unit of the Tripoli Anti-Smuggling and Narcot...

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Libyan Customs thwart two attempts to smuggle foreign currency at Tripoli’s Mitiga airport
Dec 14 Sami Zaptia

Libyan Customs thwart two attempts to smuggle foreign currency at Tripoli’s Mitiga airport

The Libyan Customs Authority reported last Thursday (11 December) that it had successfully thwarted two attempts to smuggle foreign currency at Tripol...

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Misrata Free Zone Customs seizes ten containers from Turkey full of table salt instead of coffee beans as part of a hard currency smuggling operation
Nov 26 Sami Zaptia

Misrata Free Zone Customs seizes ten containers from Turkey full of table salt instead of coffee beans as part of a hard currency smuggling operation

The Official Spokesperson of Libya’s Customs Authority, Colonel Fahmi Al-Magouri, announced yesterday that officers at its Misrata Free Zone Customs C...

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Mitiga Airport Customs foil attempt to smuggle 495,000 Euros to Istanbul
Nov 21 Sami Zaptia

Mitiga Airport Customs foil attempt to smuggle 495,000 Euros to Istanbul

Libya’s Customs Authority reported Wednesday that officers at its Mitiga International Airport Customs Centre, in coordination with the Anti-Smuggling...

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Customs Authority refutes conspiring with hard currency smugglers – admits US$ 1.04 bn were smuggled abroad by overvaluing imports
Nov 17 Sami Zaptia

Customs Authority refutes conspiring with hard currency smugglers – admits US$ 1.04 bn were smuggled abroad by overvaluing imports

Libya’s Customs Authority refutes conspiring with hard currency smugglers but admits that about US$ 1.04 bn were smuggled abroad by overvaluing import...

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May 30 Sami Zaptia

Malta reportedly seizes Russia printed Libyan currency bound for CBL east

By Sami Zaptia.A Benghazino showed off the then new Russian printed dinars he had withdrawn in 2016 (Photo: Mutaz Gedalla, Benghazi)London, 30 May 202...

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May 18 Sami Zaptia

Misrata airport shuts down after militia steals seized Euros

By Sami Zaptia.Misrata AirportLondon, 18 May 2018:Misrata airport was abruptly shut down yesterday after a group of militias stormed the airport’s cus...

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