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Did Swiss refinery launder Congo conflict gold?

This content was published on Nov 4, 2013 “After examining Trial’s criminal complaint, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office has decided to open criminal proceedings against Argor-Heraeus over allegations of money laundering related to a war crime and complicity in war crimes,” Jacqueline Bühlmann, spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office, told swissinfo.ch by email on Monday. Trial, a Geneva-based NGO, accuses Argor-Heraeus of having refined almost…

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Head of Bayern Munich to be tried for tax evasion

This content was published on Nov 4, 2013 German judges announced today that they took the decision last week to send the case to trial. Four sessions have been set for the proceedings, which will begin on March 10, 2014. Earlier this year, Hoeness admitted to authorities he had a secret account at a Swiss bank. Prosecutors then filed a case against him…

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Snooping centre lies in the heart of Geneva

This content was published on Nov 1, 2013 Snooping centre lies in the heart of Geneva

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New spies and an old language

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Media explore ‘historic’ Mühleberg closure

This content was published on Oct 31, 2013 As the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) pointed out, this was the first time in Switzerland that an electricity company had publicly announced a closure date for a nuclear power plant. Previously, BKW had said it wouldn’t keep the station near Bern in operation after 2022. “However, 2019 isn’t carved in stone yet. But it’s ideal…

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‘They have destroyed the system’

This content was published on Oct 30, 2013 The reporter and author has extensive experience covering state surveillance and privacy issues. He acted as a consultant for the German Der Spiegel magazine in their latest investigation into top secret NSA listening installations, protected from scrutiny by diplomatic immunity, which are used to conduct massive electronic listening, usually from the top floors of US…

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International centre focus of spying allegations

This content was published on Oct 30, 2013 A British investigative journalist sees similarities between this installation on the roof of the American mission in Geneva and one on the roof of the US embassy in Berlin. Documents by whistleblower Edward Snowden also mention Geneva as a spying center. Swiss public television, SRF, spoke to the British journalist Duncan Campbell on the issue. The…

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Swiss cabinet to tighten phone security

This content was published on Oct 27, 2013 While Maurer did not go into detail about the new measures, telling the Schweiz am Sonntag newspaper that the details would be made public soon, he said certain safeguards had already been in place to make sure Swiss government business stayed private. Mobile phones, for example, are currently forbidden in all cabinet meetings, and Maurer…

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How the Swiss government keeps its secrets secret

This content was published on Oct 26, 2013 The latest revelations that the US National Security Agency swept up more than 70 million phone records in France and may have tapped German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s own mobile phone, have been closely followed in Switzerland. Swiss cabinet ministers use mobile phones that allows calls to be encrypted. The technology is top secret, and experts…

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