{"id":252962,"date":"2025-02-03T11:05:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T09:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/?p=252962"},"modified":"2025-02-04T11:08:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T09:08:41","slug":"exclusive-after-five-decades-of-illegal-operations-the-black-market-is-finally-legalized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/exclusive-after-five-decades-of-illegal-operations-the-black-market-is-finally-legalized\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: After Five Decades of Illegal Operations, the Black Market is Finally Legalized"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Libyan businessman Hosni Bey told our source exclusively: &#8220;After 12 years of waiting since submitting applications for exchange office licenses in compliance with the law, the Central Bank of Libya has granted permits to practice the profession under the supervision of the relevant administration within the Central Bank.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added, &#8220;Finally, exchange office licenses are seeing the light. 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