The Wall Street Journal: By: Drew Hinshaw | Updated May 11, 2017 5:55 p.m. ET:
Move part of yearslong probe into flows of funds from the Central African nation
Federal agents have seized nearly a half-million dollars from a Washington lobbyist accused of helping the ruling family of Gabon and other clients evade money-laundering regulations.
The lobbyist, Joseph Szlavik, received millions of dollars from Gabon, Abu Dhabi, and Switzerland in an account he set up at Citizens Bank and disbursed the funds at the direction of his clients, according to forfeiture documents filed by federal prosecutors this week in Washington, D.C.
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