The Attorney General’s Office reported that the Tripoli Criminal Court issued a verdict convicting the head of the political mission of Libya to Belgium (and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg) to seven years imprisonment for embezzlement.
The court, the Attorney General’s Office reported, investigated evidence proving that she violated the ethical obligations by deliberately contributing to the commission of an act of achieving illegal material benefits, unlawfully seizing public funds and causing harm to the public interest.
Moreover, the Attorney General’s Office announced that the chairman, and the trade, tender, and standards officials of the Price Stability Fund have been detained pending their trial for contract fraud. The Chief Prosecutor at the Attorney General’s Office, found irregularities in contract procedures by the accused for the supply of 9,000 tons of rice in 2017, including a contract price difference of US$ 2.169 million.
