Banks Find More Mobutu Funds
From Times Wire Reports
Swiss banks have discovered more funds of deposed Zairian dictator Mobutu Sese Seko, more than two months after they said they found only $3.4 million and declared the matter closed, officials said. Finance Ministry spokesman Hugo Schittenhelm said that banks have found another $660,000 belonging to Mobutu and his family. Switzerland froze the assets of Mobutu and his family in May after he was toppled by Laurent Kabila’s rebel army.
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