Nigeria’s Quest to Recover Looted Assets: The Abacha Affair Die Bemühungen Nigerias um Rückgabe geraubter Vermögenswerte: die Abacha-Affäre

After a successful transition to democratic rule in 1999, Nigeria launched a high-profile campaign aimed at securing the repatriation of looted public funds being held in foreign banks. This campaign was championed by President Olusegun Obasanjo, a long-standing critic of corrupt military regimes an...

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Main Author: David U. Enweremadu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2013-01-01
Series:Africa Spectrum
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Online Access:http://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/afsp/article/view/648