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Swiss money laundering case buried once and for all
[Pak Daily Times] The Swiss government has in a letter to the government of Pakistain refused to reopen graft cases against  President Asif Ali Ten PercentZardari ... husband of the late Benazir Bhutto, who has been singularly lacking in curiosity about who done her in ... The Law Ministry, which received the Swiss government's response to the letter written to it by the government of Pakistain following the apex court's order in the NRO case, opened the sealed envelope on Tuesday. The ministry, in an official statement issued on Wednesday night, said that Pakistain's ambassador to Switzerland ...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell... sent a fax on June 18, 2013 to the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs secretary forwarding the letter dated June 13, 2013 along with enclosures received from Nicolas Jeandin of the law firm Fontanetassocies Geneva, conveying decisions of the attorney general of Geneva (with English translation) relating to the SGS/Cotechna money laundering case. The decision of the attorney general, Geneva, is dated February 4, 2013. After describing the facts relating to the case, it states that the Public Ministry of Geneva has decided not to review the closure order dated August 25, 2008 on the grounds that the statutory limitation period of fifteen years has expired; no new evidence or facts have been revealed; and the Republic of Pakistain procedures constitute an "abuse of power" inasmuch as it is "demanding resumption of the criminal procedure P/11105/1997while maintaining that such resumption could not take place." Annex attached to the decision states that an appeal could be filed before the Criminal Appeal Court within ten days. According to the Law Ministry's statement, relevant files relating directly to the subject are presently not traceable in the Law and Justice Division, ambassador in Switzerland was requested to send Law Ministry by fax copies of all correspondence available with him. Posted by: Fred 2013-06-19 |
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