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Thursday, January 20, 2011

Geneva: Switzerland Freezes Assets of Ivory Coast's Gbagbo, Tunisia's Ben Ali

                                           Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey


Switzerland governmment says that it has frozen all assets belonging to the incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo, and Tunisia's former president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali who is currently living in Saudi Arabia.
The move is aimed at controlling and ensuring that the Swiss Banks does not become a place to hide funds that have been stolen from the people.
Report from Foreign Ministry says that the freeze on assets of Mr. Gbagbo, Ben Ali and their entourages would take effect "immediately."

TheAfricanVoices Team
Nairobi

1 comment:

  1. i support the idea of freezing well done Swiss government.

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