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Duvalier money goes to court after 25 years (update)

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 02 May 2011 10:01:13 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Update 12:50 Bern / Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The argument over who gets the Duvalier millions, some CHF5.8 million of them, will finally be heard in court, with the Swiss government 2 May initiating forfeiture proceedings at the Swiss Administrative High Court. The proceedings are the first under a Swiss law that went into effect [...]

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Duvalier says Swiss funds were family foundation’s (update)

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:57:47 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Swiss government begins proceedings to return funds under new law Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Jean-Claude Duvalier, in his first televised interview since being detained by police in Haiti in mid-January, told UniVision television Wednesday 2 February that the CHF6.8 million blocked by the Swiss government belongs to a foundation created by his family to help [...]

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Duvalier assets frozen yet again, but this time with hope for Haiti (update)

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:57:27 +0000

GenevaLunch.com “It’s a step in the right direction” says assets recovery lawyer, calling Swiss law “pioneering” Update 20:00 Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Some CHF6 ($5.8) million in assets that were placed in Switzerland by Haiti’s ruling Duvalier family before they fell from power in 1986 have now been blocked under a new Swiss law, the Federal [...]

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Duvalier riches could be factor in Baby Doc return to Haiti

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 04:00:25 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Switzerland’s new law covering potentate funds, dictator’s assets frozen in Swiss banks, goes into effect 1 February 2011. The first beneficiary of what is called the Restitution of Illicit Assets Act is likely to be Haiti, which is scheduled to receive CHF6 million that have been frozen since Jean-Claude Duvalier, known [...]

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Bern freezes Haiti’s “criminal clan” money

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:16:58 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Swiss high court ruling on Haitian ex-dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier’s money will lead to new law Update (links added) 23:30 Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss government Wednesday morning 3 February took the unusual step of freezing funds in a bank account once held by Haiti’s former dictator, Jean-Claude Duvalier, based on a special cases clause [...]

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Switzerland says Mobutu case shows need to reform legal system

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:56:58 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The Swiss government says it “deplores” the fact that it was obliged 15 July to inform Swiss banks and the heirs to accounts that belonged to former Zaire (now DR Congo) dictator Mobutu Sese Seko that nearly CHF8 million in Swiss banks must be unfrozen, meaning the money returns to the [...]

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