George Osborne thwarts Gaddafi plot to grab £900m in new Libyan banknotes
| Mail Online: "he plot was highly sensitive because the company which made the bank notes had to be seen to be fulfilling its legal obligations.The dictator and his henchmen were last night stripped of diplomatic immunity, meaning they could be arrested for war crimes if they set foot in the UK.
And Mr Osborne got the approval of the Privy Council – with the Queen present – to stop the regime getting access to billions of pounds in assets in Britain at a meeting at Windsor Castle yesterday.
The Government also said it would no longer approve export licences for ‘military or paramilitary equipment to Libya’, except if it is for UN peacekeeping or humanitarian purposes.
It followed an outcry when it emerged that Gaddafi used weapons supplied by British firms against his own people."
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