Swiss Court Convicts British Businessman of Helping Abacha Laundering Money As Britain Returns ?3 of Looted Funds to Nigeria

On December 21, 2003, a Swiss court convicted Israeli-born British businessman Uri David of laundering tens of millions of dollars in bribes for General Sani Abacha. On December 23, Britain announced the return to Nigeria of ?3 million allegedly stolen from its central bank during the Abacha dictatorship.