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Head of Investigations at Attorney general's Office reviews several issues of interest to public opinion.

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..1 Tripoli, 11.02.2016(Lana) Head of Investigations at Attorney General's Office, Al-Sadiq Al- Saour held Thursday press conference to explain some issues of interest to public opinion and measures taken against such issues. He reviewed at the press conference held at the courts compound in Tripoli several issues including money laundering or so-called containers issues through which tens of millions of hard currencies were smuggled after the attorney general received several files from Information and Financial Unit at the Central bank of Libya and the committee set up by the National Audit Bureau to this effect. Al- Saour said members of the prosecution affiliated to the Attorney General's Office, and investigation deptment issued scores of arrest warrants against persons suspected of involvement in smuggling foreign currency abroad under the disguise of documentary credits or forged customs declarations. Regarding imported empty containers, Al- Saour pointed out that the Attorney General's Office examined 50 containers within Tripoli ports and apparently were empty and contained no goods claimed to be imported. In addition to 200 containers in Misrata and Khomas. He said arrest warrants were issued in all these cases and whoever may have been suspected of involvement in money laundering and cause grave damages to public money. he confirmed that one of the cases were implemented an indeed a businessman was held and referred to the Attorney general's office for investigation. Al-Saour revealed that summons and arrest warrants would approach whoever may be involved including directors of banks, head of departments, and credit and whoever may caused squandering of public money in all institutions and departments. =Lana=