which is a nice jewelry shop in new york. jacques sales also worked on the case. another example. following instruction by his excellency, the president for life, please transfer $100,000 to the ferrari automotive company in italy. so he was buying himself cars. yes. and what other things was he buying himself? roughly $20 million to buy i would say stuff. jewelry, mink coats, a yacht cars. cars. et cetera. and then $100 million in cash or in real estate. that s why we believe that they had about $100 million when they went away. reporter: a popular uprising forced the duvaliers to run away to france in 1986. but many of those who conspired and enriched themselves with the dictator remained in power, allowing baby doc to escape free
another example. following instruction by his excellency, the president for life, please transfer $100,000 to the ferrari automotive company in italy. so he was buying himself cars. yes. and what other things was he buying himself? roughly $20 million to buy i would say stuff. jewelry, mink coats, a yacht cars. cars. et cetera. and then $100 million in cash or in real estate. that s why we believe that they had about $100 million when they went away. reporter: a popular uprising forced the duvaliers to run away to france in 1986. but many of those who conspired and enriched themselves with the dictator remained in power, allowing baby doc to escape free and clear. at first the ex-dictator and his wife lived like royalty on the french riviera. but the duvaliers riches and romance came to an end.
in search of the man who wrecked haiti, the man whose xleem stole as much as a billion dollars 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 mr. duvalier and his wife and their accomplices, we have evidence that they transferred abroad $120 million. reporter: gilles august is the attorney who was hired to get the money back. and he s talking about this man, jean claude duvalier, known as baby doc. but it was really a father and son act. baby doc s father was a brutal dictator known as papa doc duvalier. he began their nearly 30-year crime spree in the 1950s. they had a vicious secret militia, the tonton makout. roughly translated, it means the
not go back to the duvaliers. don t worry about that. that s because attorney mark henzelin blocked those funds on behalf of two men, victims who were tried during duvalier s reign. my family was telling me it s time now to leave the country because if you don t leave they will kill you. reporter: etzer lalanes won his case against duvalier, but he hasn t seen a dime. he says he s not fighting this battle for personal gain. i will fight till i get the right because i don t want duvalier to get a dime in this money. this money is for the people of haiti, the people of haiti will use this money. reporter: people who desperately need it now more than ever. that s why jacques sales is so sorry baby doc has never been held accountable. how responsible is he for the people of haiti in the aftermath of the earthquake given the fact
reporter: he said he was once a regular customer. but the trail was now cold. monsieur duvalier? monsieur duvalier? no? this is all part of the mystery. and it s a mystery that needs to be solved if we are to put the questions to him that deserve to be put to him. reporter: duvalier had 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 we managed to find only 5 to 7 million dollars at ubs anywhere geneva. for the rest it s probably in the hands of lawyers, real estate agents. we don t know. probably even the duvaliers don t know. but in any case, the money will not go back to the duvaliers. don t worry about that. that s because attorney mark henzelin blocked those funds on behalf of two men, victims who were tried during duvalier s