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A team from the Libyan Asset Recovery and management office (LARMO) headed by Director General Mohamed Ramadan Mensli has taken part in the annual general meeting of the CARIN asset recovery network in Brussels from May 3rd to May 5th 2023.

CARIN is the world’s premium asset recovery network and has 61 registered member jurisdictions, including 27 EU Member States and 13 international organisations. It is also linked to the other seven regional asset recovery inter-agency networks (ARINs) across the globe. It is currently headed by the USA and funded by the European Union.

LARMO, which has observer member status, has been invited to form and head a North African sub-group of the global organisation, which will look at regional asset recovery operations to create efficiencies.

LARMO DG Mr. Mensli had several meetings with the Saudi Arabian, Belgium, Spanish, Swiss, German, Ugandan, Tanzanian, Maltese, Italian, Irish, Jersey and Serbian delegations, amongst others, who all pledged their support to help recover stolen Libyan funds in their countries, as did the American delegation led by Adam Schwartz of the Money Laundering and Asset Recovery (MLAW) unit of the US Department of Justice.

British officials attending the CARIN event renewed their support to LARMO as did French officials, who will take over the presidency of the CARIN network in 2024. LARMO also met privately with GlobE, the UN Global Operational Network of Anti-Corruption Law Enforcement Authorities, and discussed deepening working strategies.

A keynote speech was given by Nicole Argentieri, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, criminal division, and her message was clear: “We must all work together and cooperate to make sure that crime doesn’t pay.”