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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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Bank director conspired with criminal gang in defrauding Food and Drug Control Centre
Oct 12 Sami Zaptia

Bank director conspired with criminal gang in defrauding Food and Drug Control Centre

The Attorney General’s Office reported Tuesday that it initiated a criminal case against a gang formation, whose members deliberately seized governmen...

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Attorney General orders arrest of Bank of Commerce and Development employee in Benghazi for LD 12 million fraud
Oct 19 Sami Zaptia

Attorney General orders arrest of Bank of Commerce and Development employee in Benghazi for LD 12 million fraud

The Attorney General’s Office reported Wednesday that it had ordered the arrest and pretrial arrest of Bank of Commerce and Development employee, and...

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Pretrial arrest ordered for Financial Controller at Libya’s South Africa embassy – head of mission and his predecessor wanted for defrauding tens of thousands
Oct 14 Sami Zaptia

Pretrial arrest ordered for Financial Controller at Libya’s South Africa embassy – head of mission and his predecessor wanted for defrauding tens of thousands

The Public Prosecution’s Office announced Thursday that it had ordered the pretrial arrest of the Financial Controller at Libya’s embassy in South Afr...

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Pretrial detention of three former heads of Libyan mission in Ukraine for corruption for ‘‘hundreds of thousands’’ in hard currency
Oct 14 Sami Zaptia

Pretrial detention of three former heads of Libyan mission in Ukraine for corruption for ‘‘hundreds of thousands’’ in hard currency

The Public Prosecution Office ordered on Wednesday the pretrial detention of three former Libyan diplomats at its Ukraine mission from 2012 to 2019 fo...

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Tripoli Tax Authority Director put in pretrial detention pending investigation into LD 250,000 public funds fraud
Sep 15 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli Tax Authority Director put in pretrial detention pending investigation into LD 250,000 public funds fraud

The Attorney General’s Office announced yesterday that it had ordered the pretrial detention, pending investigation, of the Director of the Tripoli Ta...

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Feb 20 Sami Zaptia

CBL responds to Global Witness report on LC corruption

By Sami Zaptia.(Logo: Tripoli CBL).London, 20 February 2021: The Tripoli Central Bank of Libya (CBL) today responded to the Global Witness report cove...

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May 21 Sami Zaptia

CBL to investigate companies suspected of smuggling hard currency through LCs

By Sami Zaptia.(Logo: Tripoli CBL).London, 21 May 2018:The Governor of the Tripoli-based Central Bank of Libya (CBL), Saddek El-Kaber, has instructed...

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Italian financial fugitive arrested in Tripoli
Nov 3 Michel Cousins

Italian financial fugitive arrested in Tripoli

By Libya Herald reporter. Giulio Lolli (Photo from his Facebook page)Tunis, 3 November 2017:Fugitive Italian businessman Giulio Lolli who is accused o...

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May 4 Nigel Ash

French bank capitulates in the LIA's $1.5 billion fraud case

By Libya Herald reporters.The High Court in London where the LIA today won back at least $1 billion (File photo)London, 4 May 2017:The Libyan Investme...

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ACA claims local bank involved in letters of credit fraud
Apr 5 Michel Cousins

ACA claims local bank involved in letters of credit fraud

By Moutaz AliTripoli, 5 April 2017:Zliten’s Bank of North Africa branch is to be investigated by the Administrative Control Authority (ACA) in Tripoli...

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