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Gabon, Switzerland
Santullo family remain in banking limbo

Guido Santullo's family is trying to have at least one of his Swiss accounts, all of which have been frozen since 2018, released. This request was just rejected by the Swiss justice system, which is investigating corruption allegedly committed by the Italian construction contractor in Gabon. [...]

Published on 01/09/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Ana Atallah
Aude Parein-Reymond
Court of Complaints
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Karen Santullo
Luigi Santullo
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Gabon
Swiss inquiry into alleged Santullo backhanders takes on international dimension

After four years of Swiss investigations into the payments allegedly made by construction firm Sericom to senior Gabonese officials, the Office of the Attorney General is seeking assistance from other national jurisdictions. For its part, the Santullo family is still trying to unfreeze its accounts, but so far in vain.

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Gabon
Swiss investigators unearth links between Gabonese minister and Santullo construction company

Launched in 2018, the preliminary investigation by the Swiss public prosecutor's office into possible corruption of Gabonese officials by Sericom, owned by the Santullo family, has uncovered links between the construction group and several ministers.

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Santullo family threatens Ali Bongo over invalidated arbitration

Following the Paris Court of Appeal's decision to annul the arbitration forcing Gabon to pay CFA francs 90bn to Sericom, Guido Santullo's heirs have sent a very threatening letter to the Gabonese president.

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Africa, Switzerland
Santullo family assets in at least five Swiss banks still frozen amid graft probe

Sericom, the Italian construction group founded by the late Guido Santullo, continues to face legal proceedings in France and Switzerland over allegations of bribery. Earlier this month, Santullo's family conclusively lost a long legal fight to recover some 90bn CFA francs (about $150m) it says Gabon owes it in unpaid invoices.

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Gabon
Gabon succeeds in having arbitration forcing it to pay 90bn CFA francs to Santullo annulled

In 2019 Gabon was ordered by a Paris arbitration panel to pay the equivalent of €137m in unpaid invoices to the late Guido Santullo's Sericom construction group. On Tuesday, the country managed to have that arbitration overturned arguing that the Italian contractor had obtained its contracts by paying Gabonese officials.

Subscribers only Business 06.04.2022

France, Gabon
Financial prosecutor's office takes up Santullo case

Gabon recently opened up a new front in Paris in its legal dispute with Sericom, founded by the late Guido Santullo. An investigation.

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Ana Atallah
Aude Parein-Reymond
Court of Complaints
Guido Santullo
Karen Santullo
Luigi Santullo
Sericom
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Swiss inquiry into alleged Santullo backhanders takes on international dimension

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Swiss investigators unearth links between Gabonese minister and Santullo construction company

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Santullo family assets in at least five Swiss banks still frozen amid graft probe

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Gabon succeeds in having arbitration forcing it to pay 90bn CFA francs to Santullo annulled

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Financial prosecutor's office takes up Santullo case