A case of mispacked cargo has led Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) to US and Libyan courts with complaints of fraud.

The container shipping giant filed a lawsuit against two US freight forwarders, an Alabama man and unnamed co-defendants in connection to proceedings in the North African country that has it on the hook for more than $1.5m.

MSC's lawyers, which lodged their complaint on 14 September in the US federal court for the...