News

04 September 2012

Yves Klein Explains Relevance of Decision to Return Judge’s Assets to Brazil

Yves Klein was interviewed by the Brazilian newspaper Estado de Sao Paulo on the decision of the Swiss Federal Court confirming the confiscation and allocation to Brazil of the account with Banco Santander Geneva of former judge Nicolau Dos Santos Neto, who was convicted in 2002 in Brazil for corruption and embezzlement (Suíça vai devolver ao Brasil parte do dinheiro desviado por ‘Lalau’ / Switzerland will return to Brazil part of the money embezzled by ‘Lalau’ Estado de Sao Paulo).

24 May 2012

Enrico Monfrini Tells Reuters About Genesis of Ben Ali Case

Enrico Monfrini was interviewed by Reuters on the proceedings he initiated on behalf of Tunisia to recover the assets of former President Ben Ali and his associates (Bounty hunter on the trail of Arab Spring loot Reuters).

27 April 2012

Yves Klein Examines Cooperation Between Criminal and Tax Law

Yves Klein was interviewed by China Economic Review on the changing landscape of Swiss law on cooperation in criminal and tax matters (Swiss Banking: do new rules threaten Chinese tax evaders ? - China Economic Review).

23 April 2012

Enrico Monfrini Discusses Asset Recovery from International Kleptocrats

Enrico Monfrini was interviewed by Germany’s Tagesspiegel on the proceedings he initiated on behalf of developing nations (Nigeria, Haiti, Tunisia) to recover the assets of kleptocrats (Abacha, Duvalier, Ben Ali) (Der Milliardenjäger (The hunter of billions)).

21 April 2012

Yves Klein Dissects Stanford Ponzi Scheme for Le Temps

Yves Klein was interviewed by Le Temps on the Robert Allen Stanford case, in which he represents the liquidators of the estate of Stanford International Bank Ltd, Antigua (Les liquidateurs du «mini-Madoff» doublés par la justice américaine /“Mini-Madoff”’s liquidators duped by American justice).

27 August 2011

Enrico Monfrini Shares Experience of Asset Recovery from Sani Abacha

Enrico Monfrini was interviewed in Belgium’s L’Echo on his experience in hunting dictators’ assets, notably those of Sani Abacha (Enrico Monfrini: Traqueur de cleptocrates / Enrico Monfrini: kleptocrats hunter).

13 May 2011

Yves Klein ‘Busts Trust’ in London

Yves Klein made a presentation on "Trust busting in Switzerland" at the 7 Bedford Row Trust Busting Seminar, London.

06 May 2011

Financial Times Features Enrico Monfrini on Assets of Dictators

Enrico Monfrini was featured in Financial Times’ First Person, where he discusses his experience in hunting dictators’ assets, notably those of Sani Abacha and Jean-Claude Duvalier (First Person: Enrico Monfrini).

20 April 2011

Yves Klein Highlights Fraud by Financial Intermediaries

Yves Klein was interviewed by Swiss magazine L'Hebdo on financial fraud by unauthorized financial intermediaries in Switzerland  La Suisse, nid de parasites financiers / Switzerland, a nest of financial parasites).

03 March 2011

Enrico Monfrini Speaks to BBC about Abacha and Duvalier Cases

Enrico Monfrini is interviewed in BBC’s Outlook on his experience in hunting dictators’ assets, notably Sani Abacha and Jean-Claude Duvalier (The dictator hunter).