American investigators target Malta companies for Gaddafi assets

Command Global Services focusing attention on companies set up by Mosta accountant Joe Sammut in attempt to track down Gaddafi assets.

The Maltese government froze €377 million in Libyan assets during the 2011 the conflict, €86 million of which belonged to Muammar Gaddafi's family.
The Maltese government froze €377 million in Libyan assets during the 2011 the conflict, €86 million of which belonged to Muammar Gaddafi's family.

The American investigative firm Command Global Services, appointed by Libya's asset recovery committee to track down assets held by the family of dictator Muammar Gaddafi, is focusing attention on a Tunisian businessman and his Libyan connections, who could have stashed their monies in companies set up by Mosta accountant Joe Sammut.

Intelligence news service Maghreb Confidential reported that Command Global Services is providing Libya with asset recovery services for a reported $30-$80 billion in diamonds, gold and cash stashed around the world by Gaddafi.

The company is now focusing attention on Tunisian businessman Ghazi Mellouli and his brother Maher, reportedly having been close to the Gaddafi regime and particularly to Mohamed Giloushi, chief-of-staff of former prime minister Baghdadi Mahmoudi. He now lives in Germany.

The Melloulis are said to be in contact with Magistrate Bechir Al Ajara, who heads the Libyan Asset Recovery Committee.

The Melloulis have companies registered in Malta at the Mosta offices of Joe Sammut, a one-time Labour candidate, whose connections to the Gaddafi regime were made known during the civil uprising that later led to the ousting and execution of the Libyan dictator.

An oil trading operation run by the two brothers, Sealandair Energy International, allegedly on behalf of the regime, has come under CGS's attention.

Maher Mellouli, whose residence is in the southern French town of Cannes, is registered as a 9.9% owner of the company. The rest is held by Best Inter Ltd, a holding company for both Sealandair and Gencon International.

There's no mistaking that the holding company's name has a personal link to Joe Sammut, an inveterate fan of the Italian football team Internazionale.

Sammut, a one-time treasurer for the Labour Party back in 1993, maintains a substantial amount of business for Libyan clients, as well as confidants of the former Gaddafi regime, not least Gaddafi's own children.

In 2011, he was reported to have unsuccessfully attempted to procure visas for Libyan connections. He was also revealed to have paid superstars Beyonce Knowles and Nelly Furtado some $1 million on behalf of Gaddafi's son Hannibal, for their performances at his parties.

The Maltese government froze €377 million in Libyan assets throughout the conflict, €86 million of which belonged to the Gaddafi family or entities in which they were majority shareholders.

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