UK's Crime Agency Gets Order To Confiscate Cash Seized From Deziani

SAN FRANCISCO, October 05, (THEWILL) – Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) Monday sought the approval of a London court to legally confiscate cash seized from Nigeria's former Petroleum Minister, Mrs. Deziani Alison-Madueke and four others, who were briefly detained on Friday by the agency on allegations of bribery and money laundering.

THEWILL can report that the NCA filed the application at the Westminster Magistrates Court and was approved under the Proceeds of Crime Act.

THEWILL could not immediately confirm how much was confiscated.

The Court said no formal charges have been filed against Deziani and the others who are yet to be identified publicly.

The former Minister and others who were all granted bail, were not in court during the filing.