Social:Restitution of Illicit Assets Act
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Short description: Swiss law about asset seizure
The Restitution of Illicit Assets Act (French: Loi sur la restitution des avoirs illicites, German: Gesetz über die Rückerstattung unrechtmässig erworbener Vermögenswerte, Italian: Legge federale sulla restituzione dei valori patrimoniali di provenienza illecita), also known as the Federal Act on the Restitution of Assets of Politically Exposed Persons obtained by Unlawful Means, is a Switzerland law which allows for the seizures of the assets of persons who have been accused of obtaining such assets in other countries (including state coffers) through unlawful means.[1] It came into force on 1 February 2011.
References
- ↑ "Restitution of Illicit Assets Act (RIAA)". Federal Authorities of the Swiss Federation. February 1, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-02-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20110206033417/http://www.admin.ch/aktuell/00089/index.html?lang=en&msg-id=37478.
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