In November 2009,
ABC News journalists Matthew Cole and
Brian Ross published a story about a CIA prison in Antaviliai. The property was originally acquired by two Lithuanian families in 1999. They established an
equestrian center and a cafe, but the business was not doing well and in March 2004 the property was sold to Elite LLC, subsidiary of Star Group Finance & Holdings, Inc. registered in Delaware. The new owners carried out extensive reconstruction, including a new electrical wiring based on 110 V
electrical grid used in the United States. According to ABC News, the prison operated from September 2004 to November 2005 and up to 8 prisoners were held there. In 2007, the site became property of the
State Security Department of Lithuania and is used as a training facility. However, in July 2011
Abu Zubaydah sued Lithuania in the
European Court of Human Rights over his detention in Lithuania between February 2005 and March 2006. In January 2014, Lithuanian court ordered the Prosecutor's Office to investigate claims by
Mustafa al-Hawsawi that he was detained in Antaviliai sometime between September 2004 and September 2006. ==References==