01 / OIL REVENUE & ENERGY
Where does Libya’s oil money go?
Follow the path from exports and collection to fuel-import deductions, Central Bank receipts and the infrastructure risks that can interrupt the flow.
Mohamed AlgarjLIBYA RESEARCH GUIDE · SOURCE-LED ANALYSIS
Understand Libya’s economy through the questions behind the numbers.
A permanent starting point for diplomats, researchers, investors, editors and decision-makers looking for clear analysis of Libya’s oil revenues, foreign exchange, public finances and institutions.
LIBYA ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ✦ OIL REVENUE ✦ CENTRAL BANK & FOREIGN EXCHANGE ✦ PUBLIC FINANCE ✦ INSTITUTIONAL GOVERNANCE
THE SEARCH QUESTIONS
Start with what you
need to understand.
Each guide below answers a recurring question with original analysis grounded in public records. Headlines, reported figures and calculations remain clearly distinguished.
02 / CENTRAL BANK & THE DINAR
How does Libya allocate foreign currency — and what drives the dinar?
Read official-dollar flows together with exchange-rate policy. The central questions are who receives foreign currency, through which channel and under what fiscal constraints.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE · BANK TRANSFERS
$2.285 Billion in Seven Months Under ‘Miscellaneous Transfers’ — But Where Did It Go?
Read the analysis ↗PUBLIC FINANCEForeign currency is Libya’s real budget
Read the analysis ↗MONETARY POLICYA defendable dinar is not a number. It is a fiscal contract.
Read the analysis ↗FOREIGN CURRENCYWhere did Libya’s oil dollars go in the first five months of 2025?
Read the analysis ↗03 / TRADE & PUBLIC FINANCE
What do letters of credit reveal about Libya’s import economy?
Company-level and product-level records expose concentration, import dependence, tax questions and the opportunity cost of allocating official dollars.
LETTERS OF CREDIT · CONCENTRATION
How did credits worth 1.54 million barrels of oil become concentrated among 27 companies tied to one family?
Read the analysis ↗LETTERS OF CREDITThe missing tax question behind $14 billion in import credits
Read the analysis ↗IMPORT BASKETWhat four months of import credits reveal about Libya’s consumption model
Read the analysis ↗TRADE & PUBLIC FINANCEOne billion dollars for feed, half a billion for meat
Read the analysis ↗04 / GOVERNANCE & JUSTICE DATA
What do prosecution records reveal about institutional risk?
A structured reading of public case announcements separates allegations, pretrial detention, judgments, fines and reported recoveries instead of collapsing them into one corruption total.
JUSTICE DATA · MONEY MAP
Nearly $1.83 Billion in Fines and LYD 333 Million Recovered: Mapping the Money Across 113 Libyan Cases
Read the analysis ↗JUSTICE DATA · BANKING25 People Detained Across 11 Banking Cases — One Institution-Affiliated Official Every Eight Days
Read the analysis ↗JUSTICE DATA · HEALTH SECTOR15 People and More Than $13 Million Across Seven Health-Sector Cases — One Official Detained Every 18 Days
Read the analysis ↗JUSTICE DATA · CIVIL REGISTRY1,770 National Numbers and 48 Detentions: Libya’s Identity-Fraud Market, Four Decades in the Making
Read the analysis ↗MEDIA, RESEARCH & BRIEFINGS
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Mohamed Algarj covers Libya’s public finances, monetary policy, oil and energy, banking and institutional governance for Arabic and international audiences. He is available for interviews, background briefings, research collaboration and strategic advisory.
HOW TO USE THIS ARCHIVE
Begin with the primary record
Articles link back to official disclosures, institutional reports and the underlying evidence wherever it is publicly available.
Keep unlike figures separate
Contracts, allegations, losses, fines, recoveries and modelled comparisons are labelled by their actual legal or accounting role.
Move between both editions
English and Arabic pages are paired so international and Libyan readers can cite the same analysis in the language they need.