I agree with the observation that the swiss banking system is mired in
convoluted secrecy with bank board members and defense attorneys masqueraded
as commission members. This is sad and only helps to delay prosecuttion. It
does not absolve the banks nor the government of Switzerland from their
roles in aiding and abetting crimes against the peoples of other countries.

They should have sworn not to repeat the thievery and massive coverup they
had to engage in when Holocaust victim survivors demanded the return of
funds looted by the banks and ultimately the Swiss govt. The Government
regulates the banking industry. When the industry realizes and admits mere
errors in protocol, the commission overseeing the industry must act to
reverse the effects of those errors, compensate for damages or accrued
interest for the time value of money over the years, and resolve to
prosecute those criminals involved- be they lawyers, bankers, or board
members.

It is high time the Swiss govt. became proactive in cleaning up its
financial systems and ridding them of money launderers and criminals. If it
does not do it voluntarily, it must be subjected to do so by any means
necessary.


>From: Ebou Jallow <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: Swiss banks chastised over Nigeria billions
>Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 19:54:35 GMT
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>Interesting revelations indeed.  Yet I doubt if the commission's effort
>shall ever amount to any substantive effect towards any recoveries.  Most
>members of the Commission themselves double as board members of most
>powerful Swiss banks. In addition, most of them also triple as senior
>partners in most of the prestigious law firms that defend the very hunted,
>besides being the very fiduciary managers of these ghost accounts they are
>supposed to investigate.  Above all they have the powerful secrecy laws
>that
>prevent them legally from making any disclosures.  Switzerland is so
>close-knit and secretive beyond the comprehension of an alien mind. One
>will
>definitely need a deus ex machina to retrieve any funds from their
>financial
>system.
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