Swiss court OKs return of US$4.6M to Duvalier family, rejects handover to Haiti aid groups

'Swiss court OKs return of US$4.6M to Duvalier family, rejects handover to Haiti aid groups Wednesday

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Switzerland's highest court says the family of former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier can reclaim at least $4.6 million in Swiss bank accounts.
The Federal Supreme Court reversed a lower court's ruling that the money should have gone to aid groups working in the impoverished nation, in a decision reached hours before Haiti's devastating Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti but only published Wednesday.
Such delays are common in Switzerland's legal system.'

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to warrant consideration. In the same breath behind it mentioning the case has been going on for 25 years. They did say it does take a long time for the Swiss courts to hear cases...but I mean come on. That, for the wrong plaintiff, can have the effect of a siege engine = just a matter of time before statutes run out, or people just get tired and go away which works for courts protecting secret bank accounts, investments and sovereign-funding

For all the condescension, lapse & detachment - you may as well stuff your grievances into a bottle and send them toward a judge sitting on a rolling schooner somewhere off the Pacific Coast and *hope* for the kind of change it will take to lilt closer & closer to remedy