Cluster: Swiss Identity

Italy demands extradition of suspected cigarette smuggler

This content was published on Jun 7, 2000 The 54-year-old Italian, Gerardo Cuomo, was arrested on May 10 in Zurich, where he remains in custody. “We received a formal request last week for the extradition of Cuomo,” said police spokesman, Folco Galli, on Wednesday. “He is suspected of belonging to a criminal organisation and money laundering.” Galli said Switzerland was considering the request,…

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Metzler attends conference on European justice in the 21st century

This content was published on Jun 7, 2000 Metzler will join ministers from the 41 Council states, as well as a number of non-member states, to discuss ways of tackling the common problems that face many European countries. Prominent among these is the issue of “e-justice”. This covers the modernisation of courts through increased use of the latest technology as well as the…

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Swiss businessman to testify at Lockerbie trial

This content was published on Jun 7, 2000 Edwin Bollier runs the Zurich-based firm, Meba, which prosecutors allege supplied the timing device used to set off the explosives on the Pan Am 103 flight. The aircraft blew up over Lockerbie, Scotland on a flight from London to New York in 1988. All 259 people on board were killed. The trial of two Libyan…

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Court refuses to sound alarm over church bells

This content was published on Jun 7, 2000 The woman, from Bubikon in canton Zurich, turned to the court after the local authorities refused to give in completely to her demands to stop the church from ringing the bells before seven o’clock in the morning. She appealed to the court in Lausanne despite the decision by the council in Bubikon to put an…

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A nose for a success story

This content was published on Jun 7, 2000 Barry’s home for most of his life was some 2,500 metres above sea level, at a hospice founded nearly a thousand years ago to shelter and help travellers on the mountain pass from which his breed took its name. This crossing point between Switzerland and Italy is a bleak place when the weather turns bad,…

Postal crime of the century goes back to court

This content was published on Jun 7, 2000 Prosecutors had sought jail sentences of between five and eight years for the 1997 robbery, in which SFr53 million was stolen. However, the court handed down sentences ranging from 21 months to 5 years. Three of the jailed men are from Italy, three are Lebanese and one is Swiss. The heaviest sentence was handed out…

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Former Olten politician murdered

This content was published on Jun 7, 2000 It is believed that robbery could have been a motive. Residents living near Leunberger’s company have told reporters that he would often work late into the evening, often being the last person to leave. The police say they have no leads as yet, pending a report from the coroner in Berne. Leuenberger, who was 71,…

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Photographers record rapid pace of change in Shanghai

This content was published on Jun 7, 2000 Ferit Kuyas, Edy Brunner and Marco Paoluzzo travelled together several times to one of the world’s biggest and fastest-growing cities for their joint-assignment. But once there they worked independently, and only met in the evenings to compare notes. “We were like fishermen discussing the size and quality of their catch during the day,” says Kuyas.…

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Top justice officials in Ticino placed under investigation

This content was published on Jun 7, 2000 A statement by the cantonal government in Bellinzona confirmed that the chief prosecutor, Luca Marcellini, and the criminal court judge, Marco Verda, were suspected of malfeasance. It said that a special prosecutor had been appointed to head the inquiry, but gave no details about the nature of the allegations. Marcellini and Verda have not been…

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Football: Deciding night for clubs on the brink

This content was published on Jun 7, 2000 The crunch game is likely to be at the Letzigrund, where FC Zurich face a showdown with Aarau. One of them will be relegated to the national B league if Bellinzona can win away to Sion. In such an event, a draw would be enough for Aarau to keep their NLA status. Zurich would have…

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