Nigeria Law
The Ledger

Recovery1999· $1.2 billion (cumulative by 2020)

Abacha Family Funds: first repatriation tranche

The long, contested return — Switzerland, Jersey, Bailiwick of Guernsey, the United States, the United Kingdom.

Repatriation proceeded in tranches: Switzerland $458m (2005), Jersey $267m (2020), UK $4.2m (2003), USA $311m (2020). Cumulative recoveries by 2020 exceeded $1.2 billion.

Sources

  • · UNODC StAR Initiative case database
  • · Federal Ministry of Justice press releases
Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Redline

Wikipedia is never a source.