伦敦一家法院周二驳回了尼日利亚前产油州州长要求减少1.3605亿美元资产没收令的请求，该没收令是在其因贪腐案被定罪后作出的。
A London court on Tuesday rejected a former Nigerian oil state governor's bid to reduce a $136.05 million asset confiscation order imposed on him after he was convicted in a corruption case.
詹姆斯·伊博里偶尔能接触总统博拉·蒂努布，在产油的三角州仍具影响力。他在2012年被定罪后，在英国服刑逾四年。
James Ibori, who enjoys occasional access to President Bola Tinubu and remains influential in oil-producing Delta State, served more than four years in jail in Britain after his 2012 conviction.
他在担任三角州州长期间（1999年至2007年），承认通过英国银行和房产洗钱数千万美元被盗公款。
He had pleaded guilty to laundering tens of millions of dollars in stolen public funds through British banks and properties during his time as governor of Delta from 1999 to 2007.
2023年，伦敦一家初级刑事法院下令没收其价值1.015亿英镑（1.3605亿美元）的资产。这是英国法律史上对个人作出的最大没收令之一。
In 2023, a lower London criminal court ordered that £101.5 million ($136.05 million) of his assets should be confiscated. It was one of the largest confiscation orders imposed on an individual in British legal history.
伊博里提出上诉，寻求将没收金额减少约430万英镑，但周二上诉法院驳回了其律师的论点。
Ibori appealed, seeking to have it reduced by some £4.3 million, but on Tuesday the Court of Appeal rejected his lawyer’s arguments.
上诉一直阻碍着没收令的执行。除非伊博里寻求向最高法院上诉，否则没收现在应当推进。
The appeal has been holding up the confiscation. It should now go ahead, unless Ibori seeks to appeal to the Supreme Court.
他告诉路透社，正在与律师商讨下一步行动。他还表示，自麻烦开始以来已过去很长时间。“给我个喘息的机会吧，”他补充道。
He told Reuters he was speaking to his lawyers to decide his next steps. He also said it had been a very long time since his troubles started. “Give me a break,” he added.
在担任州长的全盛时期，鉴于三角州对国家经济的重要性，伊博里在尼日利亚家喻户晓，是一位权势人物。
In his heyday as governor, Ibori was a household name in Nigeria and a powerful figure, given Delta’s importance to the national economy.
在尼日利亚和英国反贪腐警方对其财务事务进行联合调查后，他离开尼日利亚前往迪拜，并于2011年从迪拜被引渡到英国。
After a joint investigation into his financial affairs by Nigerian and British anti-corruption police, he left Nigeria for Dubai, and was extradited from there to Britain in 2011.
他在2012年认罪后被判处13年监禁。考虑到审前和审后羁押时间，他实际服刑约一半刑期。他于2016年底获释，并于2017年初返回尼日利亚。
After his guilty plea in 2012, he received a 13-year prison sentence. Taking into account both pre- and post-trial detention, he served about half of it. He was released in late 2016 and returned to Nigeria in early 2017.