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...Last week's settlement will allow the two companies to resume operating in the U.S. But criminal charges of tax evasion, fraud and racketeering still stand against Rich and his partner, Pincus ("Pinky") Green. The two, both 50, fled from New York City to their headquarters in Zug, Switzerland, in September 1983, only a few weeks before federal investigators brought 51 separate charges against them...
...highly publicized case sparked a diplomatic tug-of-war between officials in Washington and Bern. Because Switzerland's law forbids the divulging of business secrets, authorities there took a dim view of an American court fining a Swiss firm to obtain documents. In August 1983 Swiss officials descended on Rich's Zug offices and seized papers out of fear that the company would cave in to U.S. investigators...
...typical deal, explains Giuliani, Alfano and his people would agree on a quantity of heroin to be delivered and set a price with Giuseppi Ganci, Catalano's chief lieutenant. The money would be wired from brokerage accounts at major firms to secret accounts in Switzerland, where it might remain for three or four months before a member of the Badalamenti family collected it. Meanwhile, as a sign of trust between the two groups, the heroin would be delivered. The actual smuggling is done in innumerable ways. One example: a year ago, FBI agents examined a load of ceramic tiles...
Elisabeth Kopp, 47, last week became the first woman ever elected to Switzerland's ruling Federal Council. With 124 votes out of a possible 241 , Kopp was chosen by the Federal Assembly to fill a vacancy on the seven-member council. She will become President of Switzerland some time within the next seven years; the top job is rotated yearly among the panel's members...
...months in 1972 following allegations, which he has denied, that he had spanked some of his secretaries with a bamboo stick. Elisabeth Kopp asked that her qualifications be considered, not her husband's. Her election, she said last week, was "a success for all the women of Switzerland...