Swiss Appellate Court Affirms Freeze of Mobutu Assets

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Monday, September 1, 1997
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
13
Issue: 
9
361-362
Abstract: 
On August 7, 1997, the Swiss Federal Tribunal, the Swiss highest court, ruled that the measures taken by the Swiss Government to freeze the assets of deposed Zairian president Mobutu Sese Seko were legal, including sequestering and searching his villa... [more]