Word: swiss
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Walsh said Wednesday that his request for Swiss bank records may be tied up in that country's courts for an indefinite time...
...Swiss government has approved the request, but eight people with control over the accounts have filed objections and their hearings in Swiss courts could lead to long delays, Walsh said...
Congressional sources have suggested that their motive in granting immunity to Hakim, 50, was the expectation that he will provide some of the needed Swiss bank account records...
...single issue in the Iranscam mess could still cause irreparable harm to the Reagan presidency, it is the purportedly illegal diversion of funds from Iranian arms sales to the Nicaraguan contra rebels. Ronald Reagan has denied any knowledge of the labyrinthine transfer, via Swiss bank accounts, of at least $23 million to the contras. The President repeated his denial during last week's televised speech, and the Tower commission discovered nothing that directly contradicted his assertion...
Another probable source of contra money was cited by the Washington Post, which reported that it had obtained documents showing that more than $1.7 million from a foundation set up by Carl Channell, a conservative fund raiser, was sent indirectly to a Swiss bank account known as Lake Resources. North had used the same account to receive some of the proceeds from the Iran arms sales and reportedly to help fund the contras. Still, Calero insisted, his organization never got any money from Iranian arms deals. Said he: "I wish we had. We're $2 million in debt...