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PETER HOFACHER

Just as the parliamentary investigative commission published its report on telephone monitoring earlier this month, the Federal Council appointed Peter [...]

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A DETECTIVE

Swiss private detective Jean-Jacques Griessen, who had spent 18 months investigating the death of former German minister Uwe Barschel in [...]

RIGHT TO REPLY

Yves Nidegger who we described as one of the principal [...]

DOCTOR WARNS THE GERMANS

The recent seizure of highly radioactive caesium-137 and strontium-90 in [...]

THE MANY FACES OF MOON

In Switzerland the increasing interest displayed by Moon and other sects in childcare has seriously begun to worry both politicians [...]

NEW "SECURE" IDENTITY CARDS

Since 1977 some 5,000 blank Swiss identity cards and stamping [...]

SCIENCE AND NOT FICTION

Man has always dreamed of harnessing the power of lightning for civilian as well as military uses. Science fiction literature [...]

NEW INTELLIGENCE SET UP

The results of Switzerland's intelligence reorganization became visible earlier this month with the creation of the ISIS temporary computer system [...]

INTELLIGENCE FILES OMBUDSMAN

René Bacher, the new ombudsman for intelligence files, has sent [...]

IRANGATE FINANCIAL FALLOUT

Adding to the intricacies of the Irangate-Contragate case, which went [...]

ASCOM FIGHTS DRUGS IN NEW YORK

In cooperation with the U.S. in fighting against drugs, the [...]

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BCCI: SWISS MYSTERIES

Almost a year after the BCCI scandal broke, the Swiss subsidiary of the bank, the Banque de Commerce et de Placement (BCP), remains shrouded in secrecy. The next few months, however, may bring new revelations.

JAVIER PEREZ DE CUELLAR

The former Secretary General of the United Nations was elected administrator of the banking group Safra Republic Holdings on 13 [...]

PAYING FOR THE AUBERT AFFAIR

A Tunisian consultant, Belkacem Boumalala, arrested in Paris on 8 April, seems to have been deeply involved in the Jean-Pierre [...]

On 19-20 June the Swiss organization Komitte Schluss mit dem [...]

Recent statements by Swiss examining magistrate Bernard Bertossa in Stern [...]

SWISS INTERNATIONAL POLICE PORTRAIT

The "Financial Action Group" of the G-7 recently asked that a detailed "police portrait" of an international money launderer, based [...]

Even if the American F/A-18s has out-distanced the French Mirage [...]