Actualités

05 décembre 2017

Enrico Monfrini interviewed by Le Temps on Switzerland returning US$321 Million of Abacha assets to Nigeria

On Monday, Bern signed with Nigeria and the World Bank an agreement on the monitoring of the return of US$321 million of Abacha funds to Nigeria. Enrico Monfrini was interviewed by Le Temps on the asset recovery efforts led by him and our firm on behalf of Nigeria to achieve the forfeiture of those assets by the Attorney General of Geneva in December 2014. Affaire Abacha: la Suisse rend 321 millions de dollars au Nigeria.

 

 

04 mai 2013

Enrico Monfrini Compares Lázaro and Abacha Cases for La Nación

El caso Lázaro Báez impacta en la dinámica de la justicia en Suiza / The Lázaro Báez case impacts on the dynamic of justice in Switzerland (La Nación)

Enrico Monfrini was interviewed by Argentina’s La Nación on the parallels between the Lázaro case and the Abacha case.

04 octobre 2012

Enrico Monfrini, David Bitton and Yves Klein Represent Nigeria in Abacha Case

The Tribune de Genève reported on the hearings of the criminal trial of Abba Abacha, in which Enrico Monfrini, David Bitton and Yves Klein represented the Federal Republic of Nigeria, seeking the confiscation of hundreds of millions of US dollars frozen in Luxembourg (Me David Bitton : « Camus a écrit l'étranger, Abba Abacha a écrit l’absent ! » / Me David Bitton : "Camus wrote the stranger, Abba Abacha wrote the absent »).

24 mai 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).

23 avril 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)).

27 août 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).

06 mai 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).

03 mars 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).

01 février 2011

Enrico Monfrini’s ‘Hunting’ of Dictators’ Assets Featured in Financial Times Deutschland

Enrico Monfrini is featured in Financial Times Deutschland’s Agenda and speaks on his experience in hunting dictators’ assets, notably Sani Abacha and Jean-Claude Duvalier (Monfrini - der Potentatenjäger / Monfrini – the dictators hunter).