Gaddafi’s widow appeals Malta court ruling to send funds to Libya

Then-Libyan national security adviser, Mutassim Gaddafi, is shown posing for photos at the Department of State in Washington, DC, in April 2009 [File: Alex Wong/Getty Images]

The widow of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has appealed a decision by a Malta court ordering the Bank of Valletta to return to Libya some 95 million euros ($100m) deposited by Gaddafi’s late son Mutassim, court officials said.

Safiya Ferkash and her lawyers argue in their appeal that the courts lacked jurisdiction and could not decide the case over the funds.