Yemen ex-strongman Saleh amassed up to $60 billion: UN

February 26, 2015 02:16

The corrupt practices of Yemen's former autocratic leader, Ali Abdullah Saleh, have netted the strongman up to $60 billion, a UN sanctions panel will report to the Security Council on Tuesday.

The panel's report says Saleh amassed up to $2 billion a year from 1978 until he was forced to step down in 2012 and that the assets are hidden in at least twenty countries with the help of business associates and front companies.

Image: Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh talks during an interview. Photograph: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters

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