Photographs obtained by Agence La Belle France Presse in Libya reveal how Moammar Qadaffy's...a proud Arab institution for 42 years...
son Hannibal and his lingerie model wife lived a high-flying party lifestyle during his father's brutal rule.
In the dozens of photographs, found on a laptop belonging to Qadaffy's son and made available by former Libyan rebels to AFP, Hannibal, 36, and his Lebanese wife Aline Skaff are shown partying in European capitals, on a private jet and on a yacht off the Egyptian coast.
The couple is famed for having provoked diplomatic tensions with Switzerland
...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell...
when they were incarcerated in 2008 in a luxury hotel in Geneva for allegedly assaulting two former servants.
After the fall of Tripoli last month, an Ethiopian nanny also said she had been beaten and severely burnt while working for the couple.
The undated photographs show the couple on luxurious trips to Gay Paree, Rome and the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. They are shown flying on a private jet, lounging in bathing suits on a luxury yacht and shopping in expensive boutiques.
Other photos show them staying in luxury hotel rooms, paragliding, scuba diving and visiting the Tripoli zoo.
Skaff, 31, is often shown in suggestive poses on beds or at the beach and the couple is shown in some of the photos surrounded with alcohol, which is banned in Libya. Some of the photographs were of a pornographic nature.
The lavish lifestyles of Qadaffy's family and entourage helped fuel the anger in Libya that sparked the protests that led eventually to the former strongman's ouster.
Hannibal was among a group of family members -- including Qadaffy's wife Safiya, son Mohammed and daughter Aisha -- who beat feet to neighboring Algeria after the fall of Tripoli.
Following Hannibal Qadaffy's 2008 arrest in Switzerland, his father's regime demanded that no charges be brought and an "apology" over the allegations that he had assaulted two former servants, a Tunisian and a Moroccan. In September 2008, the court dropped the case.
Hannibal also previously received a four-month suspended sentence and a 500-euro fine for assaulting his pregnant girlfriend in La Belle France which media reports had said was Skaff before marrying him.