Audit Bureau saves Libya more than LD 583 million in overpriced contracts in 2023
Feb 20 Sami Zaptia

Audit Bureau saves Libya more than LD 583 million in overpriced contracts in 2023

Libya's state watchdog, the Audit Bureau, highlighted the fact last Sunday (16 February) that it had saved Libya LD 583 million in overpriced domestic...

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Audit Bureau members from west, east and south Libya complete first ever international accreditation programme
Feb 26 Sami Zaptia

Audit Bureau members from west, east and south Libya complete first ever international accreditation programme

The U.S. Embassy Libya reported last Thursday that, in a historic first for Libya, auditors from the Audit Bureau’s branches in Tripoli, Benghazi, and...

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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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Audit Bureau report publishes its 2020 Annual Report
Aug 25 Sami Zaptia

Audit Bureau report publishes its 2020 Annual Report

By Sami Zaptia.London, 25 August 2021:Libya’s Audit Bureau yesterday published its 2020 Annual Report after referring it to the legislative and compet...

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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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Libya successfully defends Paris arbitration court case against Brazilian companies
Feb 25 Sami Zaptia

Libya successfully defends Paris arbitration court case against Brazilian companies

By Sami Zaptia:London, 25 February 2018:The Tripoli-based Libyan Audit Bureau has reported that the Libyan state and its Housing and Infrastructure Bo...

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Apr 23 Sami Zaptia

Cash crises political, exposed weakness of Libya banking system: Audit Bureau

By Sami Zaptia.The Audit Bureau says the cash shortage crises is political and not monetary (Photo: Sami Zaptia).London, 23 April 2016:The Libyan Audi...

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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 2 Sami Zaptia

Many Qaddafi-era project contracts were overvalued: Audit Bureau

Qaddafi-era projects were overvalued says Audit Bureau (Photo from archives: Sami Zaptia).By Libya Herald reporter:Tunis, 2 May 2015:Many contracts fo...

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