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Funds From Sale of Former Gambian Ruler's US Property to Be Used to Compensate Victims
The recovered money was deposited into The Gambia’s reparations fund after a U.S. forfeiture case over a mansion bought with corruption proceeds.
- On Tuesday, Gambian authorities received $2,573,414.10 from the sale of a mansion in Potomac, Maryland, formerly owned by ex-ruler Yahya Jammeh, to fund reparations for victims.
- The United States Department of State secured the property's forfeiture in 2022 after filing a civil complaint alleging the mansion was purchased through a trust using proceeds of corruption from Jammeh.
- Established in 2023, the Gambia Reparations Commission deposited the funds into a Central Bank account designated solely for victim compensation under Jammeh's regime.
- Sirra Ndow, Director of the Alliance of Victim-Led Organizations , welcomed the transfer, calling the repatriation an "important step toward reparations for victims and survivors."
- Before being forced out in 2017 after rejecting election results, Jammeh ruled for over two decades; his tenure faced allegations of arbitrary arrests and enforced disappearances.
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Funds from sale of former Gambian ruler's U.S. property to be used to compensate victims
Gambian authorities said Tuesday that they had received funds recovered from the forfeiture of a United States property owned by former longtime ruler Yahya Jammeh and that they would be used to pay reparations to victims.
·Washington, United States
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