Statistics from the Ministry of Justice show that at least 790 units of abandoned property, including land, houses, money and bank accounts are unclaimed and have been repossessed by the State.
It is, however, a continuous process to identify more of such property that might still be lying idle, or that have been taken over 'fraudulently' by people or by unrecognised heirs or beneficiaries.
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