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Is Switzerland doing enough?

Of the total $5 billion (SFr4.65 billion) returned to states around the world over the last 15 years, some $1.7 billion alone has come from Switzerland - an amount authorities attribute to strengthened laws governing anti-money laundering and the restitution of stolen assets.

But critiques argue these laws have not stopped certain Swiss banks from continuing to accept assets of dubious origins from politically exposed people (PEP). What do you think? Is the high amount returned by Switzerland simply because Swiss banks hold more illicit funds than others? Or are the Swiss being unfairly accused while other countries drag their feet in terms of finding and returning dictators money?

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Swiss hope to close Arab Spring cases in 2013

This content was published on A year and a half later, the deputy federal prosecutor with the Swiss Federal Prosecutor’s Office, Maria-Antonella Bino, says the cases remain a priority for her office, which hopes to finalise its investigations by the end of 2013. swissinfo.ch: Since the first government announcements of asset freezes early last year, have the amounts involved increased?…

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Millions frozen in Uzbek case

This content was published on The magnitude of the Swiss probe is only just becoming clear and details remain hazy. Media reports indicate that vast amounts of money have being fraudulently siphoned from a Russian-owned Uzbek telecommunications firm. The Swiss Federal Prosecutor’s Office issued arrest warrants for four Uzbek nationals after being tipped off by Bank Vontobel about suspicious accounts…

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Swiss target more Syrian firms and individuals

This content was published on The move aligns Switzerland with European Union measures announced in late July, the State Secretariat for Economics (Seco) spokeswoman Antje Baertschi told Reuters on Tuesday. As a result of the sanctions, Syrian Arab Airlines (SAA) is prohibited from landing at Swiss airports, where Swiss financial and airport services would not be provided, Baertschi said. The…

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