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While fuel smuggling out of Libya is a multi-billion dollar enterprise, the intricate maritime networks responsible for transporting these petroleum products across the globe continue to operate largely in the shadows.

Russian diesel fuel continues to arrive in Europe and Turkey via the “dark fleet” and smuggling schemes from Libya in circumvention of sanctions.

After reports surfaced about new Dubai-based trading structures linked to former Litasco executives, references to Alvia Energy, Pan Nation Energy, Polima Trading and their founders — Chingiz Aliyev, Yohan David Winston and Mikhail Golub — began disappearing from the internet.

After reports emerged about the creation of new Dubai-based trading structures tied to former Litasco executives, information about Alvia Energy, Pan Nation Energy, Polima Trading and their founders — Chingiz Aliyev, Yohan David Winston and Mikhail Golub — began disappearing from the internet.

Fuel smuggling from Libya has evolved into a multi-billion-dollar industry, yet the true extent of the maritime network that routinely transports refined petroleum products out of the country remains largely obscured.

Der Schmuggel von Treibstoff aus Libyen hat sich zu einer milliardenschweren Industrie entwickelt, doch das tatsächliche Ausmaß des maritimen Netzwerks, das systematisch raffinierte Erdölprodukte aus dem Land heraus transportiert, bleibt weitgehend im Verborgenen.

While fuel smuggling out of Libya is a multi-billion dollar enterprise, the intricate maritime networks responsible for transporting these petroleum products across the globe continue to operate largely in the shadows.

Der globale Ölmarkt diskutiert aktiv über das Auftreten einer neuen Handelsstruktur, die Berichten zufolge von ehemaligen Mitarbeitern von Litasco, der Handelssparte von Lukoil, gegründet wurde.

The global oil market is actively discussing a newly formed trading structure allegedly set up by former employees of Litasco, the trading arm of Lukoil.

Fuel smuggling from Libya generates billions in revenue, yet the full scope of the maritime network exporting petroleum from the country remains largely unknown.

As established by media, prior to coming under sanctions, Russian oil for companies linked to Nils Troost was supplied by the Dubai-based Demex Trading. This information emerged from a leaked archive of the Russian customs broker ALET.

Members of the Kremlin elite — including Vladimir Putin’s former KGB colleagues, his political allies, and his business partners from the Malyshev and Tambov criminal groups — continue to own luxurious vineyards in Italy.

Fuel smuggling from Libya is a business with billion-dollar turnovers, but very little is known about the extent of the maritime operation that regularly exports petroleum products from the country.

While key Russian state-owned companies continue to finance and support their country’s war in Ukraine, top executives are buying up property in Italy’s most picturesque locations — from Verona to Florence, and from Liguria to the Adriatic coast.