Seize and liquidate Mugabe assets in UK and repatriate proceeds to Zimbabwe

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Robert Mugabe plundered Zimbabwe's wealth and used it for personal gain to invest in property in Europe and UK. We, the people of Zimbabwe want those funds returned to us to rebuild ZW by selling off the Mugabe family assets.

https://www.thesouthafrican.com/grace-left-begging-for-mugabe-university-and-millions-in-family-assets/

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4956879/tyrant-robert-mugabe-lives-in-luxurious-7-5million-mansion-while-his-people-starve/

Billy Rautenbach needs to be held accountable for his integral support of Mugabe's asset stripping of Zimbabwe and other African nations.
https://www.newstatesman.com/king-leopold-lives-and-his-name-mugabe

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

This would be the responsibility of law enforcement agencies, such as the Crown Prosecution Service, and the courts, which are independent of the Government and Parliament.

The Crown Prosecution Service has an Asset Recovery Strategy, with a section on recovering assets on behalf of other countries, which you can find here:

https://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/docs/cps_asset_recovery_strategy_2014.pdf

The National Crime Agency explains civil recovery powers here:

http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/about-us/what-we-do/economic-crime/civil-recovery-and-tax

Timeline

2 Dec 2017	Petition opened for signatures
13 Dec 2017	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 13 Dec 2017

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