Six years ago, in 2014, the Isle of Jersey managed to seize over $300 million dollars in embezzled funds from the grip of the warlord and notorious human rights violator General Sani Abacha, who had previously ruled Nigeria with an iron fist until 1998 and was repeatedly condemned for human rights abuses and the extrajudicial murder of his political opponents. After a long and highly fraught legal battle the United States and Isle of Jersey have now collectively decided to attempt to repatriate the funds back to Nigeria.
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