These Qaddafi Henchmen Are Wanted For Stealing Millions, And We Found Them In Britain
Three of the former Libyan dictator’s top officials are living comfortably in Britain despite being wanted in Tripoli for allegedly embezzling millions from the collapsed state – and the UK authorities have done nothing to help investigate.
posted on Jul. 26, 2016, at 2:30 a.m.
Jane Bradley
Jane Bradley
Investigations Correspondent, UK
Richard Holmes
Richard Holmes
Investigations Assistant, BuzzFeed UK
Reuters / BuzzFeed News
A ring of Colonel Muammar al-Qaddafi’s henchmen – including military commanders linked to the bloody suppression of the Libyan uprising – have been found living in Britain by BuzzFeed News.
The three men – who all deny any wrongdoing – are on a target list of former regime figures wanted by prosecutors in Tripoli for allegedly fleeing the country with stolen state assets following the collapse of Qaddafi’s dictatorship in 2011. BuzzFeed News can reveal that they have been given safe haven in the UK despite being accused of laundering millions of pounds through British banks and property deals.
General Ahmed Mahmoud Azwai, who maintained Qaddafi’s missile stockpile, is suspected of laundering millions through properties in the Home Counties via a network of offshore companies. BuzzFeed News found him living in an affluent part of Surrey.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/janebradley/qaddafi-henchmen-in-britain?utm_term=.saVJ1AQgY#.meWB5gR6m
