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We are still far from successfully fighting corruption.. seizure of looted funds and property alone cannot fully eradicate corruption..It should be followed by lengthy jail terms.. People will continue to steal as long as they are guaranteed no jail term, I mean what's the worst that can happen if you steal and half of the loot is seized, you still get to the rest of it or you can hide it in offshore account.. so it should be, seize and criminal prosecute.

It is very hard to jail these corrupt people because the seizure of the loot has been done via a civil procedure as opposed to a criminal one.
It is almost impossible to successfully prosecute these cases in a Criminal Court as the standard of prove required (beyond a shadow of doubt) is almost impossible to attain.
Do remember that these thefts were done many years ago and most, if not all, documentary evidence may be missing or destroyed, sometimes deliberately.
It may also be the case that many of those involved are dead or the companies that were paid are no longer trading.
It is therefore difficult to directly connect and link these crooks with the thefts without raising serious doubts and missing jig-saw puzzles.

Civil Courts on the other hand are not as stringent in proving culpability. Their standard of proof is on a balance of probabilities (more likely than not) or what is referred to as preponderance of evidence.
Furthermore Civil Courts can impose a duty of care where a Manager or Financial Officer was negligent when money was stolen or lost.
Civil Courts don’t have powers to give lengthy jail sentences. However what they do is ban such people from exercising a Directorship of a company for a time or for good.
 
It is very hard to jail these corrupt people because the seizure of the loot has been done via a civil procedure as opposed to a criminal one.
It is almost impossible to successfully prosecute these cases in a Criminal Court as the standard of prove required (beyond a shadow of doubt) is almost impossible to attain.
Do remember that these thefts were done many years ago and most, if not all, documentary evidence may be missing or destroyed, sometimes deliberately.
It may also be the case that many of those involved are dead or the companies that were paid are no longer trading.
It is therefore difficult to directly connect and link these crooks with the thefts without raising serious doubts and missing jig-saw puzzles.

Civil Courts on the other hand are not as stringent in proving culpability. Their standard of proof is on a balance of probabilities (more likely than not) or what is referred to as preponderance of evidence.
Furthermore Civil Courts can impose a duty of care where a Manager or Financial Officer was negligent when money was stolen or lost.
Civil Courts don’t have powers to give lengthy jail sentences. However what they do is ban such people from exercising a Directorship of a company for a time or for good.
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It is very hard to jail these corrupt people because the seizure of the loot has been done via a civil procedure as opposed to a criminal one.
It is almost impossible to successfully prosecute these cases in a Criminal Court as the standard of prove required (beyond a shadow of doubt) is almost impossible to attain.
Do remember that these thefts were done many years ago and most, if not all, documentary evidence may be missing or destroyed, sometimes deliberately.
It may also be the case that many of those involved are dead or the companies that were paid are no longer trading.
It is therefore difficult to directly connect and link these crooks with the thefts without raising serious doubts and missing jig-saw puzzles.

Civil Courts on the other hand are not as stringent in proving culpability. Their standard of proof is on a balance of probabilities (more likely than not) or what is referred to as preponderance of evidence.
Furthermore Civil Courts can impose a duty of care where a Manager or Financial Officer was negligent when money was stolen or lost.
Civil Courts don’t have powers to give lengthy jail sentences. However what they do is ban such people from exercising a Directorship of a company for a time or for good.
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