Sani Abacha and family-linked accounts in Switzerland, Jersey, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and the UK held funds estimated by Swiss authorities and Nigerian recovery teams at ~$5 billion at peak.
Lost1995· ≈ $5 billion
Abacha-era foreign reserves
Independent reconstructions place laundered sums at roughly $5 billion across Swiss, Jersey, Liechtenstein and London accounts.
Sources
- · Swiss Federal Office of Justice press releases
- · Nigerian Federal Ministry of Justice asset-recovery filings
Methodology
Tier 1 · primary
Courts. Gazettes. National archives.
Tier 2 · corroborating
OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.
Redline
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