Helsinki Commission requesting that Blinken sanction two prominent Swiss prosecutors and a high ranking law enforcement official for helping to cover up sanctions violations that returned hundreds of millions to sanctioned oligarchs. Swiss once again selling out to highest bidder. Will their peopl eever hold their gubmnt and banks accountable for aiding and abetting atrocities against civilization? Switzerland Freaks Out After Veselnitskaya Plot Is Exposed (msn.com) The fallout comes after the U.S. Helsinki Commission wrote to Secretary of State Antony Blinken suggesting that three Swiss nationals—two ex-prosecutors and one former law enforcement official—should be sanctioned by the U.S. “These individuals have abetted Russian nationals sanctioned under the Magnitsky Act,” the letter read. ................. The letter from Helsinki Commission chairman Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) and ranking member Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), dated July 27, made it clear that the apparently tainted Swiss investigation into the Magnitsky affair came to a totally different conclusion than the U.S. government. “These findings are in direct contradiction to the findings of our government and many of our allies. The Swiss Federal Prosecutor’s Office repeated verbatim the statements they received from the Russian government,” they wrote. Bill Browder has led a global campaign for justice since tax lawyer Sergei Magnitsky was abused and left to die in a Russian jail cell after uncovering the massive fraud. “Switzerland has had a long and shady history of providing secret accounts, looking after dictators’ money and hiding Nazi gold. It seems that since Putin’s murderous invasion of Ukraine, they are adding to its negative reputation by returning dirty money to sanctioned Russian gangsters amid a worldwide effort to starve Putin of his financial resources,” he told The Daily Beast.
background on the original fraud case from 2012 Magnitsky affair: Mystery over Russian's death in UK - BBC News Magnitsky, a lawyer for London-based Hermitage Capital Management, died on remand in a Moscow prison three years ago after allegedly uncovering a web of corruption involving Russian tax officials. According to an article in the Independent newspaper on Wednesday, Perepilichnyy had been giving evidence to Swiss investigators about Russian fraud involving Swiss-based bank accounts. He had sought sanctuary in the UK three years ago after "falling out with a powerful crime syndicate", the paper said. A Russian media report described Perepilichnyy as a former business partner of one of the people accused by Magnitsky of fraud.
As the saying goes, behind every successful oligarch is a swiss bank Ok, not a saying, but jeez louise.
