On 17 December 2012 signed a corresponding dealSwitzerland will repatriate monies of Angolan origin of about USD 43 million to Angola.The assets will be used to fund development projects that directly benefit the population.
The backdrop to the restitution are judicial proceedings of the Genevan judicial authorities regarding alleged money laundering, which at the end of 2008 led to the confiscation of the assets now to be restituted.
