By Guillaume Guichard Muammar Gaddafi a fortune faded very fuzzy edges. Photo credits: Gianluigi Guercia / afp
experts remain cautious about estimate that has the "Guide" Libya. There is virtually no difference between what belongs to the state and the clan.
Gaddafi, how many billions of dollars? Difficult to assess the fortunes of the "Guide" Libyan and his clan. The few figures given by the experts diverge drastically. According to British newspaper The Telegraph, the leader and his family hold 20 billion pounds (23 billion euros) in liquid assets, that is to say excluding residences and buildings purchased, including London, by the son of Gaddafi. The Paris prosecutor's office launched an investigation Friday afternoon to locate potential assets located in France.
The total assets amount to $ 120 billion
The total assets amount to 120 billion dollars (87 billion euros) accumulated over thirty years, advances Hasni Abidi, director of studies and Research on the Arab world (CERMAM). "This figure, says he has been calculated by U.S. diplomats and contained in documents revealed by Wikileaks." It is one third of the 450 billion dollars in revenue from oil and gas exports from Libya between 1980s and today. A third party who mysteriously disappears from government accounts.
Investments in the United States
"The big question that everyone asks is: what is the boundary between private money and that of the state?" Asks the director of Cernam . "Even the companies benefiting from Libyan sovereign fund investments, the FIA do not know whether the investments from Tripoli or Gaddafi." Very opaque, the FIA would handle particular, according to statements by its Director to a U.S. diplomat, $ 32 billion (23.3 billion euros) in cash. Including 400 to 500 million in each U.S. bank. Washington has also called this Friday institutions to be vigilant for Libyan assets. Personal Finance
of Colonel Gaddafi and his clan remain so obscure that caution remains appropriate. "It is very difficult to estimate the wealth of Gaddafi, with either a large or small degree of uncertainty because these elites then hide their money in all sorts of places, particularly in Southeast Asia and in the Gulf, said Tim Niblock, a prominent British expert on the Middle East, quoted by the Guardian.
Oil Money The missives
diplomatic revealed by Wikileaks can raise part of the veil. It shows that Gaddafi and his family affidées "hold substantial interests in oil, gas, telecommunications, infrastructure, hotels, media, and distribution", lists a U.S. diplomat in a report dated 2006.
More specifically, "all children of Gaddafi and his family would benefit from revenue pumped directly from the Company's national oil and gas subsidiary," the American official continued. They also hold large swathes of the capital of the oil company Tamoil.
Commissions
Besides oil, the family shared the Libyan economy as a cake, is it detailed in the American report published by Wikileaks. The lion's share at Seif el-Islam, head of the Gaddafi Foundation. He heads holding the One-Nine, presented in various sectors such as oil and the press. The beloved daughter of the rais, Aisha, for his part, got hold of the clothing stores. Mohammed control telecoms. Mutassim holds shares in the local franchise of Coca-Cola.
"All the foreign companies, said Hasni Abidi, know that it is impossible to do business in Libya being angry with the Colonel or by not paying commissions to his clan. "The total foreign direct investment reached in Libya in 2009, 15 billion.
Switzerland freezes assets of Gaddafi
The Swiss Federal Council decided on Thursday to "freeze with immediate effect all potential assets of Muammar Gaddafi." In response, the Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs has denied that the "Guide" of funds held in Switzerland.
"(...) We demand that Switzerland proves that the brother leader holds funds or bank accounts in their banks or in any other bank in the world, "said the ministry in a statement. "The Foreign Ministry will use all legal proceedings to sue the government of Switzerland for this statement without foundation."
The Swiss National Bank said that 630 milion Swiss francs of Libyan origin were located in the Swiss Confederation .
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