MONTREAL — Former SNC-Lavalin executive Sami Bebawi tarnished Canada's reputation and helped perpetuate the corrupt dictatorial regime of Moammar Gadhafi in Libya, federal prosecutor Anne-Marie Manoukian said Thursday as she asked that he be sentenced to nine years in prison. Bebawi, 73, was convicted by a jury Sunday on five charges including fraud, corruption of foreign officials and laundering proceeds of crime. "Consider the vulnerability of the victims," Manoukian told the judge, referring to the citizens of the Libyan dictatorship. Prosecutors presented evidence that SNC-Lavalin transferred about $113 million to shell companies used to pay off people, including Saadi Gadhafi. Bebawi is free pending sentencing, and Cournoyer said he will rule on the sentence on Jan. 10.

Source: Libya Today December 16, 2019 11:48 UTC