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Libya’s national oil company calls for UN sanctions against oil smugglers
TRIPOLI, June 10, 2018 (BSS/Xinhua) – Libya’s National Oil Corporation
(NOC) on Saturday called on the United Nations Security Council to expand its
sanctions list in the country to include more oil smugglers.
In a statement, the oil company applauded a Security Council resolution
imposing sanctions on six individuals mostly implicated in migrant
trafficking and smuggling in Libya.
National Oil Corporation Chairman Mustafa Sanalla called for the list “to
be extended further to capture all criminal gangs, including petroleum
products smugglers, and those who attempt to steal crude oil to profit from
human misery and destabilize Libyan society.”
Already on the list according to the statement “is known fuel smuggler
Mohamed Kashlaf, an individual who has previously defrauded the Libyan state
through various illicit acts, including the occupation of the Zawiya refinery
and other initiatives related to fuel smuggling since 2011.”
Praising the UN resolution as “an important precedent in combating these
crimes,” NOC Chairman Sanalla said, “We call for the sanctions list to
immediately expand and include fuel smugglers across our country. This
measure will help prosperity and peace to return to Libya.”
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