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Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, February 3, 2020 The Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. government, has executed a trilateral agreement with the governments of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Nigeria) and the Bailiwick of Jersey (Jersey) to repatriate to Nigeria approximately $308 million traceable to the kleptocracy of former Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha and his co-conspirators. In 2014, U.S. District Judge John D. Bates for the District of Columbia entered judgment forfeiting approximately $500 million located in accounts around the world, as the result of a civil forfeiture complaint the Department...

UNITED NATIONS - A Manhattan-based public-relations firm, whose founder is described as a close friend of Secretary-General Annan, received approximately $100,000 for work it did for the Nigerian government when the African country was ruled by a brutal dictator, Sani Abacha. The firm, Ruder Finn, registered as a lobbyist for Nigeria in March 1998, three months before Abacha died. An executive of the firm, Emmanuel Tchvidjian, told The New York Sun, however, that after conducting a survey for the Nigerian regime, it dropped the account. "We don't do business with dictators," Mr. Tchvidjian, a senior vice president of Ruder Finn,...

<p>Democrat Carol Moseley Braun, who made history as the first black woman elected to the U.S. Senate, formally launched her long-shot bid for the presidency yesterday, vowing to "fix the mess" created by the Bush administration.</p> <p>Mrs. Braun faces nine other Democratic candidates &#8212; all men who, for the most part, have raised more money and are beating her in the polls. Nevertheless, she is forging ahead with her campaign, saying that as a former ambassador, senator and local government official she is uniquely qualified to be president.</p>

Email Header was cut off by me for this post From: MOUSTAPHA ABACHA Satellite Telephone: 00 871 762 919 XXX Satellite Facsimile: 00 871 762 919 XXX Dear Sir, I am Moustapha Abacha, the second surviving son of the late General Sani Abacha. We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your mail to my mother with thanks, May Allah reward you greatly for your decision to assist us in this mutually beneficial transaction; My mother has insisted that I deal with you directly at this crucial stage in this issue rather than the family lawyer. As my mother has rightly informed...