Swiss Highest Court Upholds Freeze on Mobutu’s Assets

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Sunday, March 1, 1998

Author:

Bruce Zagaris

Volume:

14

Issue:

3

100-101

Abstract:

On February 10, 1998, the Swiss Federal Tribunal, its highest court, upheld a freeze on the assets of the estate of Mobutu Sese Seko, the late dictator of Congo, pending the Congo’s request to reclaim the assets. Mr.Mobutu died in September 1997... [more]