Senegal Court Urged to Confiscate Habre’s properties

{{Chad’s Justice minister has urged the special court trying Hissene Habré in Dakar to catalogue and confiscate the former leader’s properties.}}

Mr Jean-Bernard Padaré on Tuesday said Chad was taking similar action with the view to selling the properties and compensating the dictator’s victims.

According to the Chadian government estimates, Mr Padaré explained, Mr Habré fled with seven billion CFA francs in 1990 (about $3.5 million).

Witnesses said the the former leader arrived with the money in Dakar on board Chad’s presidential jet, which he was forced to return.

Mr Padré further told Radio France that at the time of his ouster, Mr Habré cleared money from the local banks and deposited most of it abroad.

Quoting an ad hoc investigation commission, Mr Padaré said Mr Habré’s wealth in Chad alone was worth more than $10 million.

“We are confident that he owns huge real estate properties in Dakar and has bought shares in a string of businesses across the globe,” the minister continued.

He appealed to the judges of the special court in Dakar to help recover the properties.

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