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| Public Prosecutor's Office issues arrest warrants for financial corruption |
| 2016-02-13 |
| [Libya Herald] The office of the Libyan Attorney General (Public Prosecutor) based in Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... has issued a number of arrest warrants for financial corruption. The revelation was made at a lengthy presser held yesterday by Sidiq Al-Sour, head of the Investigations Department of the PPO, at Tripoli's Court Complex. Sour explained some of the major investigations by his department and that have attracted the attention of the general public and gained a lot of media publicity. These cases included the money laundering / Letters of Credit (LCs) cases through which ''tens of millions'' of FX were allegedly smuggled out of Libya. Sour said that his department had received numerous cases referred to it by the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) and the Audit Bureau. Sour said that the PPO has issued ''tens of arrest warrants'' for those against whom they have evidence of money laundering or through fake LCs or through false customs duty declarations. With regards to the notorious ''empty containers'' cases that had attracted much public attention and condemnation, he revealed that the PPO had inspected 50 containers at Tripoli port and that these inspections had revealed that these containers did not contain what they had declared that they were importing. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Yee-ouch, #1 BU. :-D But all too true. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2016-02-13 20:04 |
| #1 I somehow knew from the headline that the story had nothing to do with the USA. |
| Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2016-02-13 15:55 |