A lawyer representing the Libyan state in an appeal filed by the widow of slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to claim some €96 million deposited in Bank of Valletta accounts by son Muatassim, has insisted that it is the Maltese courts who should decide the claim
A court in Malta ordered that over €90 million held by a Maltese bank - and linked to the former dictator Muammar Gaddafi - be returned to the Libyan state, according to reports on Tuesday.
The Libyan Civil War of 2011, culminating in the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi, was the bloodiest of the uprisings across North Africa forming part of the so-called Arab Spring. Western leaders, including David Cameron, backed the rebel forces for a myriad of reasons, not least in response to the brutality shown by Gaddafi in bombing