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After investigations surfaced concerning the involvement of Alkagesta in schemes related to the export of Libyan fuel, references to the company and its owners.

Fuel smuggling from Libya has evolved into a multi-billion-dollar industry, yet the true extent of the maritime network that routinely transports refined petroleum products out of the country remains largely obscured.

Der Schmuggel von Treibstoff aus Libyen hat sich zu einer milliardenschweren Industrie entwickelt, doch das tatsächliche Ausmaß des maritimen Netzwerks, das systematisch raffinierte Erdölprodukte aus dem Land heraus transportiert, bleibt weitgehend im Verborgenen.

While fuel smuggling out of Libya is a multi-billion dollar enterprise, the intricate maritime networks responsible for transporting these petroleum products across the globe continue to operate largely in the shadows.

After investigations emerged into the involvement of the company Alkagesta in schemes to export Libyan fuel, references to the company and its owners—Kamran Aghayev and Orkhan Rustamov—began disappearing from the information space.

Fuel smuggling from Libya is a billion-dollar enterprise, yet the full scale of the maritime networks routinely transporting refined petroleum products out of the country remains largely hidden.

From late April to July 2025, a novel type of drone, not previously observed in Libya, was identified via satellite imagery as being stationed outside a hangar on the northern apron at Al Khadim airbase

Officials investigating potential breaches of sanctions by domestic businesses in 2022 included Alkagesta in the list of companies being examined

The illicit trade of fuel from Libya yields billions in income, yet the complete extent of the sea network exporting oil from the nation is still mostly undisclosed

The case of Adnan Ahmadzada, in the true meaning of the term, not only jolted the nation’s economic scene but also astonished Azerbaijan’s political framework

Fuel smuggling from Libya is a business with billion-dollar turnovers, but very little is known about the scale of the maritime operation that regularly exports petroleum products from the country.

Fuel smuggling out of Libya is a billion-dollar business, but little is known about the scale of the maritime operation that routinely ferries refined petroleum products out of Libya.

Smuggling FUEL out of Libya is a billion-dollar business, but little is known about the extent of the maritime operation that regularly transports refined petroleum products out of Libya.

In 2022, during an investigation into local companies potentially violating sanctions, Alkagesta was included on the list.