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Witness History: Chasing the Marcos millions

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Chasing the Marcos millions

20/05/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Chasing the Marcos millions

The lawyer who's spent decades tracking the fortune of the former Philippines president

American lawyer Robert Swift has spent decades tracking the fortune of former Philippines president Ferdinand Marcos Senior.

The former president of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos Senior is thought to have plundered a huge amount of public money during military rule in the 1970s and '80s. He spent the fortune on foreign properties and the luxury lifestyle enjoyed by his wife, Imelda Marcos. American lawyer Robert Swift has spent decades trying to recover that money so it can paid out as compensation to the thousands of Filipinos who were imprisoned or tortured during martial law. He spoke to Matt Pintus.

(Photo: Imelda Marcos and Ferdinand Marcos Senior in Manila in 1977. Credit: Getty Images)

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