Jagten på Muammar Gaddafis og hans families angiveligt skjulte milliarder i udlandet er nået til kontinentets sydlige spids og mange libyere mener. at pengene tilhører deres land og ikke den styrtede diktators overlevende slægtninge.
South African officials are investigating claims ex-Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his family stashed one billion US dollar (5,45 milliarder DKR) in assets in the country, BBC online reports Sunday.
Libya has reportedly called for help in repatriating diamonds, gold and cash. The assets were being held by four banks and security companies in South Africa, reports quoting Libyan investigators say.
Some estimates suggest that Gaddafi’s total foreign assets could be worth as much as a stunning 80 billion dollar
Gaddafi was captured and killed as he tried to flee his home town of Sirte during Libya’s political uprising in October 2011.
Any assets belonging to him or his family are firmly considered by many Libyans as state-owned property that should be returned.
A South African newspaper has printed extracts of letters from Libya’s justice and finance ministers to their South African counterparts asking for help finding assets linked to Gaddafi, which might “have been illegally possessed, obtained, looted, deposited or hidden in South Africa”.
It said Libyan investigators had met Mr Gordhan and President Jacob Zuma to discuss locating and returning the money.
