THE Spanish government has seized Muammar Gaddafi’s Spanish assets, including a large plot of land in the Costa del Sol according to the Spanish Foreign Ministry this week.
The seizure included more than 6,000 hectares of land in La Resinera (Benahavis) in which Gaddafi planned to build a golf course and almost 2,000 homes. This land was purchased in 1995 by Libya’s central bank-owned Libyan Arab Foreign Bank. Also, the Spanish authorities are to also investigate if there are any bank accounts held by the Libyan regime in Spain. The move is in accordance with an EU ruling to seize the Libyan regime’s assets, and follows similar action by the governments of Britain, Austria and Switzerland.
Spain was also expected to suspend the majority of the activities carried out at the Libyan Embassy here, although this does not mean it has broken diplomatic relations with the North African country.
Spain’s Foreign Affairs Minister Trinidad Jimenez reportedly ordered the Spanish Ambassador to Libya, Luis Garcia Cerezo, to remain in the country until the last Spanish national has left.
Meanwhile, new political party ‘Iniciativa Marbella San Pedro’ has requested the Junta de Andalucia also seize the Marbella homes of Gaddafi’s relatives, which are used by his children, and the properties they own in Granada, Nerja, Sabinillas, Sevilla and Sotogrande
