Spotlight | Libya
Feud threatens New York hunt for "Gaddafi's money"

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Orbis Finances on the hunt for Libyan assets in France

Libya's ex-ambassador in Paris has commissioned the French brokerage firm to trace Libyan assets on French soil.

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Gaddafi fund hunters settle scores in US court

Anwar Arif, who was ousted in 2021 as chairman of the Libyan body trying to recover billions of dollars allegedly embezzled by the Gaddafi family, has been released from jail and has turned to a US court to try to get his old job back.

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US hunt for Gaddafi assets blocked

The New York proceedings aimed at recovering billions of dollars in assets allegedly misappropriated during the Gaddafi era were officially suspended on 13 January.

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LARMO: Arif's arrest clears path for Mensli to lead hunt for Gaddafi's assets alone

LARMO director Mohamed Ramadan Mensli is behind the recent arrest of his predecessor Anwar Arif. Claiming to be still in office, the latter commissioned two US law firms to help recover the financial assets allegedly embezzled under Gaddafi's rule.

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Battle for control of LARMO halts Libyan hunt for stolen funds in New York

Baker & Hostetler and Holland & Knight have suspended their investigations into Libyan funds allegedly embezzled by the Gaddafi clan abroad. The firms are seeking to understand why two individuals are claiming to be in charge of their client, the Libyan Asset Recovery and Management Office.

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After Macron, Draghi will get his Libyan conference to push for elections

Following Paris, Rome will have to organise the next international conference dedicated to Libya. The date of this conference, which will take place under the leadership of Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, has not yet been set and is still dependent on the progress of the electoral process.

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As the political process falls apart, the military return to centre stage

With the postponement of the 24 December elections all but certain, the army chiefs of staff in the west and east of Libya are intensifying their discussions. The aim is to maintain the ceasefire... and also to stand united against the rehabilitation of the former Gaddafi regime, which badly damaged the military system.

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Faisal Feituri sets up pro-Haftar lobbyist in US called Dolton Fonseca Group

Faisal Feituri, the Libyan businessman and lobbyist for Khalifa Haftar in the United States, is boosting his US networks with a new lobbying firm in Washington called Dolton Fonseca Group.

Goron to supplant MPP at LVMH, GEOS in El Salvador, Jones joins Alvarez, EU sets up sanctions helpdesk, banking lobby fights financial crimes in EU

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we go to Paris, Brussels, Basel and Washington.

Paris Goron poised to take over from MPP as LVMH provider

Basel/Brussels Anti-money laundering banking lobby registers in EU

France GEOS heads to El Salvador for the EU

Washington Alvarez & Marsal ropes in investigations star Kenneth Jones

Brussels EU forks out €4m to help small businesses do due diligence