After three years of investigation, in February 2002, a special court in Tripoli charged them all with deliberately infecting 393 Libyan children with the virus that causes AIDS, allegedly as part of a conspiracy to damage the country's security.
Nakon trogodišnje istrage, u veljači 2002. godine, posebni sud u Tripoliju optužio je sve njih za namjernu zarazu 393 libijske djece virusom koji izaziva AIDS, navodno u sklopu zavjere za ugrozu sigurnosti zemlje.