Friday 21 October 2011

Dictator's Wealth: Gaddafi & His Family Revealed

Muammar Gaddafi ( Jun, 7 1942 – Oct, 20 2011) from 1969, when he seized power in a bloodless military coup, until 2011 when his government was overthrown in a civil war which consisted of a popular uprising aided by a foreign intervention.
The incredible wealth of Libya Muammar Gaddafi tyrant and his family were laid bare, as countries around the world begin billion in assets freeze. The United States alone confiscated 30 billion ($ £ 18.5 billion), their investments, while Canada $ 2.4 billion (€ 1.5 billion), Austria, $ 1.7 billion (a £ 1 billion) and the United Kingdom, $ 1 billion (600 million dollars frozen). These assets appear to be only the tip of the iceberg, because no one is yet sure what the family around the world. But they are a huge portfolio of properties in the West End shopping and theater district of London - worth $ 455m (£ 280m) and $ 325m (£ 200m) in shares of Pearson, which owns the Financial Times and Penguin Books . Assets: Gaddafi's son Saif bought this house 15 million (£ 10m) in one of the richest suburbs of London in 2009. It has a swimming pool, eight bedrooms, a sauna and Jacuzzi. The assets include a 15 million villa in a luxury suburb of North London.
Nestled among the homes of TV presenters and actors is the eight-bed home with a swimming pool, sauna, jacuzzi and suede-lined cinema room.