AFP - Switzerland on Tuesday blocked the assets of former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier follows the entry into force of a new law that would allow them to return to Haiti, announced Foreign Ministry.
"This law was accepted by Parliament at its autumn session 2010, it entered into force on 1 February 2011", says the Department of Foreign Affairs (Department) on its website.
"The funds were then blocked Duvalier on the basis" of this new law, say the Swiss authorities.
The law was nicknamed "Lex Duvalier" in the Confederation, as she was introduced to compensate for a lack appeared in the long legal battle over restitution to the Haitian people by some 6 million Swiss francs (4.6 million) filed by the Duvalier family in Swiss bank accounts.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Switzerland freezes assets of former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier
