Libya’s Public Prosecution on Tuesday ordered the detention of six employees of the Jumhouria Bank on charges of embezzling 600,000 euros (US$682,000) and replacing the money with counterfeit notes.

The Attorney General’s Office announced yesterday that it had detained the acting head of the Libyan Foreign Investment Company (LAFICO) on charges of corruption. It did not name him.

The Attorney General’s Office announced yesterday that it had detained Ali Zeidan’s former Deputy Prime Minister Sideeg Abdulkarim for:

The Attorney General released on Sunday, the Minister of Culture, Mabrouka Toghi, after her preventive detention, pending ongoing investigations into financial corruption cases.

The Libyan Public Prosecution ordered pre-trial detention of the Minister of Culture, Mabrouka Tougi, over accusations of corruption in administration and finance transactions.

The Attorney General, Sideeg Al-Sour, ordered last Thursday the detention of the Director of the Libyan State Funds Recovery and Asset Management Office (formed under Presidential Council Resolution No. 1479 of 201), on several accusations, including undertaking activities contrary to the purpose of his office.

The Public Prosecutor, Al-Siddiq Al-Sour has ordered to detain the Minister of Education, Moussa Al-Magarief, on charges of negligence and abuse of public office powers.

The Public Prosecutor, Saddiq Al-Sour, announced a ban on the nomination of all and any members of the Public Prosecution Office in the upcoming parliamentary elections, calling on the Judicial Bodies Inspection Department to file a public case against members of the Public Prosecution who are shown to seek election.

Libya’s military prosecutor has called for halting the candidacy of warlord, Khalifa Haftar and Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of former strongman, Muammar Gaddafi, for the country’s presidential elections, according to local media.

The Head of the High National Elections Commission (HNEC) Emad Al-Sayeh discussed with the Attorney General Al-Siddiq Al-Sour the efforts to sort out presidential and parliamentary elections candidates’ paperwork, especially proof of criminal records or felonies by any of the candidates.