The major Libyan businessman who sold the largest Libyan cement company to Khalifa Haftar’s money man, like many major Libyan businessmen in Malta, banks at Bank of Valletta. Ahmed Ben Halima sold several of his companies, including his Maltese-based company Seaport International Investments to Ahmed Gadalla, Khalifa Haftar’s money-man.
Ahmed Gadalla syphoned a €300 million loan (provided by the Abu-Dhabi based Arab Bank for Foreign Investment and Trade) to Khalifa Haftar’s government in Benghazi into his own companies. He is making use of a number of Maltese-based companies including a company called International Seaport Holdings. Ahmed Ben Halima originally owned the company via LH Severus Limited that was registered in the Cayan Islands.
According to multiple investigations, the company LH Severus is linked to Jan Marsalek and is part of an offshore network of companies used to launder his money. Jan Marsalek is also a Russian intelligence asset, raising even further suspicions about the Cayman Islands-registered company. International Seaport Holdings was previously a subsidiary of LH Severus.
Ahmed Gadalla is also accused of moving money and making payments on behalf of the Russian Wagner Group in Libya.
This is is an ongoing investigation.
Feature photo is Ahmed Ben Halima.
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