Region: Switzerland - Global Investigations Review

Swiss to return $133 million linked to Gulnara Karimova to Uzbekistan

25 June 2019

Swiss parliament amends controversial settlement tool

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Swiss lawyers have expressed their disappointment at revisions to the country’s criminal procedure that will make it harder for prosecutors to offer settlements to foreign companies.

20 June 2019

Swiss AG barred from Fifa investigation

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A court in Bellinzona has ordered the Swiss attorney general, Michael Lauber, a prosecutor, and a former chief prosecutor to be recused from the Fifa investigation.

19 June 2019

Platini arrested in Qatar World Cup investigation

18 June 2019

Swiss wealth management chairman fined $10,115 for passing on information to DOJ

05 June 2019

Switzerland launches bribery investigation into Glencore following NGO complaint

31 May 2019

Swiss attorney general re-election postponed amid investigation

16 May 2019

Swiss Attorney General faces disciplinary investigation over Fifa probe

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Swiss Attorney General Michael Lauber rejected allegations of wrongdoing in a press conference hours after the supervisory body in Switzerland’s attorney general’s office announced it has opened a disciplinary investigation into him.

10 May 2019

Mexico to launch criminal probe into Odebrecht in 60 days

07 May 2019

OAG is working “at the limit of its capacities” despite drop in investigations

Switzerland’s Attorney General has said the OAG is working with stretched resources to investigate cases on its books including Petrobras, Fifa and 1MDB.

01 May 2019