3 thoughts on “Dramatic Video Footage of Gbagbo’s Capture”
My friend from the Ivory Coast tells me how they welcome their best friends on a visit by slaughtering a Monkey !Did these savage looking soldiers butchered Bagbo and ate him & family as their favourable dinner?
GENEVA, May 5 (Reuters) – Switzerland has frozen 70 million Swiss francs ($81 million) linked to former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo and his associates, the Swiss Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
Gbagbo had refused to leave power after an election last November that U.N.-certified results showed he had lost.
Switzerland ordered his assets seized in January to prevent them being diverted before the Ivory Coast could launch domestic criminal proceedings, the ministry’s statement said.
The election victor, Alassane Ouattara, finally took control in April when his forces, backed by French and U.N. soldiers, captured Gbagbo after days of heavy fighting.
The funds are blocked for up to three years under the Swiss cabinet’s order, pending a request from Ivory Coast for legal assistance, on the basis of its own criminal proceedings against Gbagbo.
Folco Galli, spokesman for the Swiss Justice Ministry, said no such request had been received yet.
Ouattara’s government said on April 27 that it had begun criminal investigations against Gbagbo, his wife and 100 other people in his close circle, but gave no details. [ID:nLDE73Q0OX]
In recent years, Switzerland has worked hard to improve its image as a haven for ill-gotten assets.
On Monday, it said it had blocked nearly $1 billion linked to three North African strongmen.
Some 410 million Swiss francs was traced to former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, 360 million Swiss francs to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and 60 million Swiss francs to ousted Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, it said. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/05/swiss-gbagbo-idUSLDE7440GS20110505
My friend from the Ivory Coast tells me how they welcome their best friends on a visit by slaughtering a Monkey !Did these savage looking soldiers butchered Bagbo and ate him & family as their favourable dinner?
Swiss freeze $81 mln in assets linked to Gbagbo
GENEVA, May 5 (Reuters) – Switzerland has frozen 70 million Swiss francs ($81 million) linked to former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo and his associates, the Swiss Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
Gbagbo had refused to leave power after an election last November that U.N.-certified results showed he had lost.
Switzerland ordered his assets seized in January to prevent them being diverted before the Ivory Coast could launch domestic criminal proceedings, the ministry’s statement said.
The election victor, Alassane Ouattara, finally took control in April when his forces, backed by French and U.N. soldiers, captured Gbagbo after days of heavy fighting.
The funds are blocked for up to three years under the Swiss cabinet’s order, pending a request from Ivory Coast for legal assistance, on the basis of its own criminal proceedings against Gbagbo.
Folco Galli, spokesman for the Swiss Justice Ministry, said no such request had been received yet.
Ouattara’s government said on April 27 that it had begun criminal investigations against Gbagbo, his wife and 100 other people in his close circle, but gave no details. [ID:nLDE73Q0OX]
In recent years, Switzerland has worked hard to improve its image as a haven for ill-gotten assets.
On Monday, it said it had blocked nearly $1 billion linked to three North African strongmen.
Some 410 million Swiss francs was traced to former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, 360 million Swiss francs to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and 60 million Swiss francs to ousted Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, it said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/05/swiss-gbagbo-idUSLDE7440GS20110505