disappeared, like most of his money. but we did find what little was left. it s held in a ubs account in geneva, switzerland. out of the whole fortune of the duvaliers s, we a managed to find 5 to 7 million here in geneva t is in the hands of lawyers, real estate agents with doesn t know, probably they don t know any case you can the money will not go back to the duvaliers, don t worry about that. reporter: that is because the attorney blocked those funds on behalf of two men, victims, who were tortured during duvaluer s reign. my family telling me it is time now to leave the country because if you if you don t leave, they will kill you. reporter: etzer lalanes won his case gays ken duvalier but he hasn t seen a dime. he says he is not fighting this bat for personal gain.
presidential palace before the earthquake. parts of it the front of it just crumbled, collapsed. by haiti s building standards, this was probably one of the most secure buildings to understand why haiti was so poor and ill equipped to deal with the dissaser on the scale, you have to follow the trail of core runs that robbed haiti over the years. the dale leads back to papa doc, and his son who helped rule this country. abbie boudreau is keeping them honest. reporter: we have come to paris in search of the man who wrecked haiti, the man whose family stole as much as $1 billion from one of the neediest countries in the world. from the $500 million we documented, which are probably half of the money which has been embezzled by him and his wife and the accomplices, we have evidence they transferred abroad $120 million. reporter: gilles august is the attorney hired to get money back and he is talking about this man, jean claude duvalier,
clearinghouse for this type of organization and also important to focus on donor coordination. sometimes the left hand doesn t know what the right hand is doing in haiti when you have so many international aid groups working there. so, i do think it is important there is more knowledge sharing and more transparency. certainly, given the amount of money coming in here now and the amount of international interests, there s going to be more focus on how the money is being spent probably in haiti than ever before and i mean international attention is certainly a good thing, transparency is key. that s right. international is very good for two reasons. the first is aid effectiveness. you want to make sure the aid is effective and going where it needs to go. the second is the political sustainability of this current desire to help haiti. what haiti needs right now is some successes, people are confident their money is being well spent and governments are confident their money is well spe
this is a girl named ruth. this is a student named gabrielle. here is pictures from a graduation ceremony. pictures aren t worth money, however, and the men who scavenger for scrap metal amidst the rubble and human remains show no interest. it has got to be incredibly frustrating. it is, upsetting and frustrating to witness that but it is the state of the affairs is people, they don t mean disrespect by it, it is just they are hungry and they need money to buy food. so they have to do what they need to do to earn money for themselves and their own families. it is just sad, that that is what they have to do to get it. reporter: eric has been in haiti for weeks already. he plans to stay until he and joseph finish the work at this site. i was telling him earlier, i have so much so much respect for him, seen him every day this week, seen him 15, 16-hour days, risking his own life and time
create a new law that would prevent duvaluer from ever getting that money. abbie boudreau, cnn, london. of course, should also point out the united states government s supported the duvalier regime for years during the cold war a lot of that money given by the united states initially. papa doc, baby doc, out of the pitch for a long time who sells to blame? we pick up the money trail when we come back, take a look at who has been bleeding haiti dry over the years. o o o o o o o o o oo