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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. [...]

Published on 24/12/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Abdelhamid Dabaiba
Anwar Arif
BakerHostetler
Gaddafi
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Mohamed Ramadan Mensli
Oren J. Warshavsky

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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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With €280m at stake, Siba Plast case gets complicated for LIA

This month, the Libyan sovereign wealth fund will attempt to have the seizures initiated by Siba Plast in Paris invalidated. The little-known Tunisian company is claiming €280m for a contract to restructure the judicial police, which was never executed.

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Feud threatens New York hunt for "Gaddafi's money"

Both Anwar Arif and Mohammed Ramadan Mensli are claiming leadership of the entity in charge of tracking Libyan assets abroad. This rivalry is endangering the legal proceedings launched in the United States against eight of the world's biggest banks.

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Tripoli enrolls Holland & Knight and Baker & Hostetler in NYC suit against top banks

LARMO, Libya's public agency in charge of recovering Libyan funds abroad, has called on law firms Holland & Knight and Baker & Hostetler to summon eight banks in New York in a bid to recover billions of dollars in missing assets, allegedly embezzled under Gaddafi's regime.

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Dabaiba reboots private investigators chasing Gaddafi loot

Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba took control of the institutions tasked with identifying and recovering the massive amounts of money misappropriated during the Gaddafi era. And since the beginning of his term in office, he has also contacted some of the private investigators who had offered their services to previous Libyan governments.

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Lybian Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba.

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Dabaiba takes asset hunt under his wing - to protect family

Libya's prime minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba has taken control of LARMO, the office charged with tracing millions of dollars worth of assets embezzled under Gaddafi's rule. The investigation points to state bodies LIDCO and ODAC, headed at the time by Dabaiba himself and his cousin Ali Ibrahim Dabaiba.

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Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba.

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From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

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

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

Libya
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Libya
Tripoli enrolls Holland & Knight and Baker & Hostetler in NYC suit against top banks

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Dabaiba reboots private investigators chasing Gaddafi loot

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