Reply #35: Ben Shatwan says billions stolen in Libya

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Ben Shatwan says billions stolen in Libya
19/08 18:45 CET
One of its leading spokesmen is a man who for years was as close to Muammar Gaddafi as any non-family member, Dr. Fathi Ben Shatwan.

euronews:
“You were industry minister for several years and then Muammar Gaddafi’s energy minister for two years until 2006. You quit the regime and fled in the most spectacular manner, on a small boat to Malta and from there to France. What led you to escape in this way?”

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Ben Shatwan:
“I don’t know the details, but through my responsibilities there my experience is that it is Saif Al-Islam who was in charge of transferring money and channelling funds abroad, that’s what I know.”

euronews:
“How much money was embezzled? Do you have a figure?”

Ben Shatwan:
“Frankly, people talk about it, they don’t give precise figures, but looking at oil production these last few years we reckon the sum of money embezzled varies between 200 and 250 billion dollars.”

http://www.euronews.net/2011/08/19/ben-shatwan-says-billions-stolen-in-libya/

This interview was upstaged by the events of the next day, but it can stand a bit of repetition.