HSBC Geneva’s relations with Ben Ali clan raise questions about Swiss vigilance
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – TSR, Swiss public television, revealed Monday that the Geneva branch of HSBC has had CHF11 million in assets of deposed Tunisian dictator Ben Ali’s clan,...
View ArticleTunisia votes in historical elections, Islamists lead
GenevaLunch News TUNISIA – Tunisia’s first Election Day in the post-Bin Ali period passed without any incidents of poll-related violence and only a handful of reports of illicit campaigning, according...
View ArticleArab spring, embezzled funds meeting calls for greater coordination
GenevaLunch News LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The first international meeting with experts from 15 countries to focus on the Arab spring and returning embezzled funds to Arab nations ended Tuesday afternoon...
View ArticleMore bribery behind sharp increase in suspect money flows
GenevaLunch News Arab spring played a role Numbers are impressive but it’s the criminal tales that are gripping BERN, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland saw a 40 percent increase in 2011 in the number of...
View ArticleSwiss, Tunisians talks to return Ben Ali blocked funds show “first results”
GenevaLunch News LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – “First results”, an exchange of proof in the case of illicit funds linked to former Tunisian President Ben Ali and his entourage, were achieved this week, the...
View ArticleBen Ali Swiss assets may be returned to Tunisia, says lawyer
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A lawyer for the deposed Tunisian leader Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali said Monday 16 July that Tunisia is welcome to any of the former president’s assets it may find...
View ArticleTunisia pardons 1,300 prisioners
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – In Tunisia 1,300 prisoners were pardoned on 25 July to mark the country’s 55th anniversary since the proclamation of independence. President Moncef Marzouki...
View ArticleNearly CHF1b of Arab spring dictators’ funds blocked by Swiss
GenevaLunch News Returning assets to the people is a priority, says ambassador GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – More than CHF1 billion in assets linked to the regimes of dictators who fell during the Arab spring,...
View ArticleTunisian opposition leader shot, riots in streets
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Tunisian opposition leader Chokri Belaid was shot to death outside his home in Tunis Wednesday and thousands of protesters took to the streets throughout the...
View ArticleNumber of successful asylum seekers down as loopholes closed
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – The number of requests for asylum in Switzerland fell by 16 percent in February, compared to January (and by 20 percent compared to February 2012), and the number...
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