Two Containers Of Cash On Its Way To Libya Intercepted By Malta

Protesters demand an end to Khalifa Haftar’s offensive against the UN-backed government in Libya. Photograph: Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters

The Guardian: Malta halts shipment of cash destined for Libyan rebel chief

Huge cache thought to have come from Russia in order to bankroll general’s war effort

The Maltese government has seized a massive shipment of unofficial Libyan banknotes believed to have been destined for Khalifa Haftar, the military commander leading an offensive to dislodge the UN-backed government in Tripoli.

Security services in Malta confirmed two 2,000-cubic-foot (56-cubic-metre) containers packed full of the recently introduced currency were discovered at the end of September when the shipment stopped in Malta.

The cash is thought to have originated from a Russian-owned mint, which has been printing money for the unrecognised Libyan government, based in the eastern city of Bayda. It is claimed the money has been used to fuel the war on Tripoli.

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WNU Editor: Two Containers?!?!?! That is a lot of cash.

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