Gambia investigators find dozens more Jammeh-linked assets
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Gambia's justice minister says investigators have uncovered dozens of additional properties, bank accounts and companies belonging to former president Yahya Jammeh.
The discoveries come a week after President Adama Barrow announced the formation of a commission to investigate Jammeh's assets. In May, the government seized some $50 million in assets tied to Jammeh and froze 131 properties and more than 80 bank accounts linked to him.
Justice Minister Aboubacarr Tambadou said Thursday that a new list of assets submitted to the High Court includes 49 additional properties in the greater Banjul area, more than six additional bank accounts and three companies.
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Jammeh lost December 2016 elections to Barrow after 22 years in power and went into exile in Equatorial Guinea early this year following a political standoff.