U.S. Brings Civil Forfeiture Action and Freezes More than $458 Million of Former Nigerian Dictator Sani Abacha

  On March 5, 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed a civil forfeiture complaint in the United States District Court in the District of Columbia, seeking recovering of more than $550 million in connection with the largest kleptocracy forfeiture action brought by the U.S. Department of Justice.  The Justice Department announced it has already frozen more than $458 million in corruption proceeds hidden in bank accounts worldwide.[1]