Tripoli – The Public Prosecution, on Sunday, ordered the pre-trial detention of the former delegate of the State of Libya’s mission to the Food and Agriculture Organization and United Nations agencies, on suspicion of illicit financial dealings.

The Public Prosecutor’s Office clarified that investigations revealed the delegate had disposed of $861,156 from funds allocated for projects supervised by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), without providing documents or justifications to investigators to prove the legality of his handling of these amounts.

The prosecution’s statement indicated that the delegate withdrew the sum and deposited it into a bank account not subject to regulatory oversight, and without the knowledge of the mission’s financial controller, an act the prosecution considered a violation of applicable financial and administrative regulations.

The Public Prosecutor’s Office confirmed the former delegate withdrew the funds without the knowledge of the mission’s financial controller after depositing them into a bank account not among those subject to regulatory oversight; consequently, the Public Prosecution ordered his pre-trial detention pending investigation.