11 December, 2025 by Sam Jones in Vienna and Paul Murphy in London
From a townhouse in London’s Mayfair, a secret deal was sealed last year to sell three Libyan cement factories.
Hidden behind layers of offshore shell companies and non-disclosure agreements, the strategic assets passed into the hands of a
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