Jul 15 Sami Zaptia

CBL: LD 3 bn in FX smuggling, money laundering - accuses local banks of corruption

By Libya Herald reporter.The CBL denies responsibility for spike in black market FX rate (Photo: CBL).Tripoli, 15 July 2015: The Central Bank of Libya...

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Jun 15 Nigel Ash

CBL media man released

By Saber Ayyub.CBL spokesman Essam El-Oul (Photo: social media)Tripoli, 15 June 2015: The Central Bank spokesman Essam El-Oul, one of four CBL employ...

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Dec 31 Sami Zaptia

Aman bank to offer Mastercard to suspended Visa debit card customers

By Libya Herald staff.Aman Bank cards (Photo: Aman bank)Malta, 31 December 2014:Libya’s private-sector Aman bank, 40 percent owned by Portuguese BES b...

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May 21 Michel Cousins

Swiss open files on Qaddafi regime money laundering

Tripoli, 21 May:The Swiss Federal Prosecutor’s Office has confirmed that a criminal investigation into money laundering has been launched against an u...

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May 4 Michel Cousins

Qaddafi suspected of laundering money in Belgium

Brussels, 4 May:Muammar Qaddafi possibly laundered money using Libya's embassy in Belgium prior to last year's revolution, it emerged today."It's more...

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Apr 5 Michel Cousins

Money from Libya seized in Upper Egypt

Tripoli, April 5According to newspaper reports in Egypt, security services in Minya governorate in Upper Egypt have arrested three farmers travelling...

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Apr 4 Michel Cousins

Libyan arrested at Istanbul airport with $2.5m in cash

Tripoli, April 4: Turkish security forces at Istanbul’s Ataturk International Airport arrested a 33-year old Libyan following the discovery of $2.5 mi...

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Mar 10 Michel Cousins

UK court hands Saadi's London house to Libyan government

Tripoli, 10 March: The High Court in London on Friday ordered that the home of Saadi Qaddafi be handed over to the Libyan government. The judge said t...

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Mar 3 Michel Cousins

First move in UK to seize Qaddafi assets

by Nick Mathiason and Jack Serle,  Bureau of Investigative Journalism, London.The Qaddafis spent four decades plundering Libya amassing private jets,...

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