"But I got a message in Tripoli that some of Gaddafi's treasures were hidden near Ghadames by his cronies. The message was plausible, but my superiors still ordered me to come to Ghadames to find out the truth of the message."
"Gaddafi's treasure?" Upon hearing this, Yang Jing immediately became interested.
Gaddafi ruled Libya for 42 years. During his dictatorship, the economic lifeline of Libya was basically controlled by Gaddafi and his children. The entire family was rich enough to rival a country. According to estimates, since Gaddafi became the leader of Libya, Libya's oil and gas revenue has exceeded hundreds of billions of dollars, about half of which went into Gaddafi's pocket. An African financier once said that when Gaddafi was the leader, he never knew the difference between the country's money and his own money.
In addition to turning Libya's national assets into his own personal property, Gaddafi also made large investments overseas. He owns 7.6% of Italy's UniCredit Bank, 2% of an Italian company, 7.5% of Italy's Juventus Football Club, 3.27% of British publishing giant Pearson Group, a small amount of Russian aluminum giant Rusal... and many more.
In addition to shares in some foreign companies, Gaddafi also bought a lot of real estate. For example, in the center of London, where every inch of land is valuable, Gaddafi owns many real estate shops and office buildings. He has a mansion in Spain covering an area of 70 square kilometers. Yes, not 70 mu, not 70 acres, but a full 70 square kilometers! In addition, Gaddafi also has a mansion in New Jersey, USA covering an area of more than 10,000 square feet. Twelve kilometers west of Tripoli, the capital of Libya, he also owns a private resort city with a diving center, tennis courts, swimming pools, football fields, restaurants and hospitals. Each of Gaddafi's children has an independent villa. Some villas have gyms and swimming pools. There is a row of motorboats tied to the beach, which is extremely luxurious.
According to expert estimates, the Gaddafi family's wealth exceeds 200 billion US dollars, which is absolutely rich enough to rival a country.
But after the outbreak of the Libyan civil war, Gaddafi and his son died quickly one after another, and the huge amount of funds that Gaddafi had deposited in major foreign banks during his lifetime were quickly frozen, including 37 billion US dollars in the United States, 12 billion pounds in the United Kingdom, 7.3 billion euros in Germany, 6 billion euros in Italy, 3 billion euros in the Netherlands, 2.4 billion US dollars in Canada, 1.7 billion US dollars in Austria, 1.6 billion US dollars in Sweden, 1 billion US dollars in France, and 900 million US dollars in Switzerland... The funds frozen by banks in various countries alone amounted to 80 billion US dollars, and in the vault of the Libyan Central Bank controlled by Gaddafi during his lifetime, there were as much as 144 tons of gold!
But these are not all of Gaddafi's properties. These only account for about half of Gaddafi's assets, and the whereabouts of half of the tissues are unknown.
This huge amount of property whose whereabouts are unknown is called the "Gaddafi treasure."
However, no one has found this treasure, which is estimated to be worth $100 billion.
Although among this huge treasure, nearly 40 billion US dollars of assets are controlled by Bashir Saleh, the former head of Gaddafi's office, who is known as "Gaddafi's banker", this guy is elusive. Even though he was put on the wanted list of Interpol early on, until now, no one has been able to find this guy who "disappeared" in the African continent.
But even if Bashir Khlisa controlled the $40 billion in assets left by Gaddafi, there were still at least $60 billion in assets missing. Many people estimated that these assets should have been hidden somewhere in the country by Gaddafi.
And the information Kevin Martin obtained about Gaddafi's treasure is very likely to be true.
Seeing Yang Jing showing an extremely interested expression, Carl Morris on the side said with a smile: "Boss, just treat this as a joke. If Kevin really knew where Gaddafi's treasure was hidden, would he still be working for you here? That is a treasure worth tens of billions of dollars. Even if it is only one percent of it, it is enough to make Kevin a real billionaire."
After a pause, Morris continued, "Kevin was trapped here for several months because of this news. He almost died here, and even his superiors abandoned him out of helplessness. If this guy hadn't helped me a lot when he was in the CIA, I wouldn't have bothered to save him!"
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