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Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Volume:
24
Issue:
4
Abstract:
On February 6, 2008, the Swiss government agreed to freeze accounts in UBS banks of former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier (“Baby Doc”) pursuant to an injunction obtained from a Swiss court and thereafter a temporary government extension of the freeze. According to a press report, Mark Henzelin, lawyer for two plaintiffs – a priest and a taxi driver – said he obtained the sequestration of the funds in Basel, Switzerland in early January 2008. The two plaintiffs were victims of persecution under the Duvalier regime. They sued in a Swiss court and obtained an injunction and then a temporary government extension of the freeze...[more]