A Swiss court has acquitted the authors of a report into the sale of smuggled Libyan oil stored in Malta government fuel tanks, which investigation MaltaToday formed part of. The smuggled fuel from Libya was stored in tanks it had leased from Enemed between 2014 and 2015. Both men are also facing charges in Malta in connection with the Operation Dirty Oil smuggling investigation. Although having implications for Malta, namely as to how smuggled fuel oil from Libya was cleared by Customs and found itself stored inside Enemed fuel tanks, no police investigation has ever been launched into the case. Oceano Blu Trading was administered by the Sicilian Nicola Orazio Romeo, who is also indicted over fuel smuggling in Sicily.

Source: Libya Today February 21, 2024 12:28 UTC