On 27 February, Nordic Monitor published a report by Levent Kenez, titled ‘Smuggled oil from Libya sold on domestic market in Turkey’. The report looks at ‘compelling evidence’ presented to prosecutors by Turkish businessman Ali Deniz Eraydın, who alleges a ‘sophisticated scheme’ involving the manipulation of oil shipments from territory under the control of Libyan National Army (LNA) commander General Khalifa Haftar. Eraydın’s detailed dossier includes records indicating the shipment of petroleum products from Malta to Turkey’s Gebze Poliport Port under allegedly false pretenses, with inconsistencies in buyer and seller information, loading port designations and product origin.
Read the full report here.