According to the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, "refunds of ex-dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier totalling about CHF 6 million have again been frozen by a Federal Council decision of 03.02.2010. Following the judgement of Swiss Federal Court dated 12.01.2010, which put an end to the mutual legal assistance between Haiti and Switzerland, this freezing order has avoided a return of the assets to the Duvalier family. The freezing remained in force until the entry into force of the Act on the Restitution of Illicit Asset (LRAI). This law was accepted by Parliament in the autumn session 2010 and is entered into force on 1 February 2011. The Duvalier assets have then been frozen on the basis of article 14 RIAA. The Confederation took legal action before the Federal Administrative Court to enable frozen assets to be forfeited in April 2011, further to the decision of the Federal Council to ask the Federal Department of Finance (FDF) to initiate proceedings for the forfeiture of the Duvalier funds frozen in Switzerland. Once confiscated, the assets will be returned to Haiti in order to improve the living conditions of the Haitian people." (Source: Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, "Illicit assets of politically exposed persons (PEPs)," last modification March 20, 2012, at http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/topics/finec/intcr/poexp.html.)