$27 billion USD lying unclaimed at Moscow airport

A cargo of about $27 billion has sat unclaimed at a Moscow airport for over half a decade, with allegations circling that it could be the lost fortune of late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein or slain Libyan despot Muammar Qaddafi, reported British newspaper The Daily Mail on Sunday.

Now held in a high-security depot, the money is held on 200 wooden pallets, each worth almost $135 million.

Russian customs have issued a demand that the owner of the fortune identify themself according to Al Arabiya.

Money, money, money

Despite numerous bogus attempts to date, no claimant has satisfied the authorities that they are the rightful recipient of the money which would make them richer than Roman Abramovich, one of the top Russian billionaires.

Rumors are spreading that the stash of money belongs to former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein or Muammar Qaddafi, the toppled Libyan leader.

“It is possible that this is the money of Saddam Hussein,” an anonymous intelligence source told the Russian Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper.

[link to www.albawaba.com]