The detention of the mayor of Sabrata for corruption: Analysis
By Sami Zaptia. London, 15 September 2021: The Attorney General’s Office reported yesterday that it has held the suspended Mayor ...
Tag: corruption
Two GECOL employees sent to trial for illegally benefiting from their positions, accepting gifts from foreign contractors
By Sami Zaptia. (Logo: AG/PPO). London, 6 August 2021: Libya’s Attorney General yesterday referred two employees of the General Electricity ...
Audit Bureau launches pilot system for inspecting local and overseas state-paid medical bills
By Sami Zaptia. The Audit Bureau has set up a system to monitor local and overseas state-paid medical treatment bills ...
UNSMIL: Fake news about bribery report must not derail tomorrow’s HoR GNU confidence granting session
By Sami Zaptia. London, 7 March 2021: The UN Secretary-General Special Envoy for Libya and Head of the United Nations ...
CBL responds to Global Witness report on LC corruption
By Sami Zaptia. (Logo: Tripoli CBL). London, 20 February 2021: The Tripoli Central Bank of Libya (CBL) today responded to ...
Fraudulent Libyan Letters of Credit money entering international financial system via London – Report
By Sami Zaptia. (Photo: Global Witness /Leon Neal / AFP via Getty Images). London, 19 February 2021: A new report ...
Labour Ministry and Civil Registry e-link to reduce corruption
By Sami Zaptia. Libya's Tripoli Ministry of Labour has established an e-link with the Civil Registry to counter corruption (Ministry ...
EU, UNODC and UNICRI launch anti-corruption and money laundering project in Libya
By Sami Zaptia. London, 29 September 2020: The European Union, in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and ...
GECOL board member arrested on corruption charges
By Sami Zaptia. Former GECOL Projects Manager and current board member has been arrested on charges of corruption (Photo: Interior ...
ESDF reforms include cancellation of portfolios and dissolution of companies
By Sami Zaptia. The ESDF is implementing reforms to its Qaddafi era structure and culture (Photo: ESDF). London, 10 September ...
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