Libya’s Millions Seized In Britain – Where Gaddafi’s Cash Is Printed And Stored
AT Harwich docks, officials have seized a ship packed with £100 million worth of the Libyan currency, the dinar. The exact value of the haul has not been made public yet. It was on its from the UK to Libya.
Where did the money come from? Answer: a warehouse in Gateshead, where the currency is printed and stored by a firm called De La Rue.
What do we know about them?
De La Rue is committed to the responsible management of all its activities and believes that corporate social and environmental responsibility is key to the interests of all our stakeholders – customers, shareholders, employees, suppliers, and other business partners.
As an international company we recognise our impact globally and have a clear commitment to the communities and to the environment in which we do business. De La Rue is a member of the FTSE4Good Index.
It works with Libya.
We ask it again: who now speaks for the 270?
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Undated file photo : Lockerbie trial prosecution witness Tony Gauci's family-run clothes shop, Mary's House, in the seaside suburb of Sliema on Malta. Gauci linked one of the accused men, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, with the crime. * but the trial judges rejected his claim that Al Megrahi visited his clothes shop and bought a sky blue baby romper suit, umbrella and adult clothes in the weeks leading up to the bombing. Detectives later traced charred pieces of clothing found the among the wreckage of Pan Am Flight 103 to Mr Gauci's shop.
Posted: 4th, March 2011 | In: Key Posts, Money Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
