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• MONTHLY LEGISLATION DIGEST

  Monday 11 September 2023

  A digest of legislation enacted and brought into force in Guernsey, Alderney and Sark during the previous month will now be published on this site, starting with August 2023

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• LAW OFFICERS OF THE CROWN ANNUAL REPORT AND BUSINESS PLAN PUBLISHED

  Friday 01 September 2023

  The Annual Report of the Law Officers of the Crown for 2020 - 2022 is published today, as is the 2023/2024 Business Plan. Both documents have been added to the Publications and Policies page of this site.

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• ROYAL COURT ORDERS THE CONFISCATION OF OVER £5 MILLION IN CORRUPT FUNDS

  Friday 28 July 2023

  On Tuesday 28th March 2023, following an application made by His Majesty's Comptroller (Guernsey's Solicitor General), the Royal Court of Guernsey ordered the registration and enforcement of an external confiscation order against funds which had been placed in a Guernsey based trust, established in 2003, by Elias Preko (a Ghanaian national) for the benefit of James Ibori (a Nigerian politician). As a result, millions of pounds stolen from the people of Nigeria can be returned to them.

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• GUERNSEY ASSISTANCE IN SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTION OF 1MDB/ROGER NG RECOGNISED BY US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

  Tuesday 14 March 2023

  As Guernsey's competent authority for mutual legal assistance, HM Procureur and her team are pleased to have assisted in the investigation relating to Roger Ng and his co-conspirators. It was announced earlier this month that Mr Ng has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in a serious bribery and money laundering scheme involving the bribery of high-level foreign officials in Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates and the theft of billions of dollars meant to benefit the Malaysian people.

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