Posted on 01/05/2026 8:41:35 PM PST by SmokingJoe
The Swiss federal government announced on Monday that it has frozen “any assets held in Switzerland by Nicolás Maduro and other persons associated with him, with immediate effect.”
Maduro was taken into custody by the U.S. military on Saturday to face narco-terrorism and weapons charges.
The Federal Council, which is the seven-member cabinet that serves jointly as head of state for Switzerland, said it was acting quickly to “prevent an outflow of assets.”
“The asset freeze does not affect members of the current Venezuelan government,” the statement noted.
“Should future legal proceedings reveal that the funds were illicitly acquired, Switzerland will endeavor to ensure that they benefit the Venezuelan people,” the statement added. The asset freeze will remain in effect for four years, or “until further notice.”
The Federal Council noted that Monday’s asset freezes were in addition to those imposed in 2018 to bring Switzerland into alignment with the European Union’s position when Venezuela was sanctioned under the Embargo Act. The 2018 sanctions included a ban on the sale of arms, advanced electronics, and other “goods which can be used for internal repression” to the Maduro regime.
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To benefit Venezuelan people.
Yeah, right.
The Swiss are snakes.
The 7-person presidency of Switzerland is an unique arrangement.
The members of the presidency represent the major parties of the country roughly in proportion to their vote shares. I think there are two from the Swiss Peoples Party (a populist party), two from the Liberals (a center-right party), one from the Christian Democrats (another center-right party) and two from the Social Democrats (a center-left party).
They take 1-year turns serving President (chair and chief spokesperson), Minister of this, Minister of that, and so forth. This group has secret meetings at which they discuss matters and come to a group decision. Once they do that, each member of the Presidency is supposed to act like this was their personal position in addition to being a group decision.
Sounds almost communistic; in any case, weird. But, it seems to work well. The government is run efficiently. The economy is maybe the best in the world. The Swiss enjoy high civil liberties, low crime rate and very little corruption. And, they stay out of war.
NOW-—FREEZE CLINTON’S ASSETS THERE, ALSO
Everyone cares so much about the poor Venezuelan people.
I think I’m getting a tear in one eye.
Wow! I thought the whole point of the Swiss financial system was to give financial safe-harbor to any who wanted to hold on to their ill-gotten gains.
I can only imagine that Trump was at work here. Boy, if he can make the Swiss financial system bend to his will...
I haven’t seen anyone like Trump in my lifetime. He put the “Super” back in Superpower.
the swiss: “We deplore the ‘illegal’ arrest of wanted narco-terrorist maduro by the USA, but his capture is as good of excuse as any to freeze gazillions of dollars worth of assets the narco-terrorists have laundered in our country anyway”
The amorality of Swiss “ neutralism” is legendary. They sold armaments, industrial materials and food to the Germans in WW II and never asked or cared about the origin of the gold they received in return. Their famous numbered anonymous bank accounts laundered huge sums for corrupt dictators, criminals ,drug lords and all sorts of scoundrels. The capital on deposit in Switzerland was at the core of their prosperity. They may look quaint and have a pretty country but they are amoral, money launderers.
“Even Hitler did not occupy the country.”
hitler, too, needed somewhere safe and accommodating to store his ill-gotten gains ...
LOL!
No one will keep money in Europe after this and Russia.
What has taken them so long?
“To benefit Venezuelan people.”
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The Swiss have already determined the outcome of this trial?
The prosecution is in New York, and is made up of New Yorkers who “invented” Trump’s guilt...
Might want to hold off on that Switzerland. Democrat party judges and a democrat party jury will make sure to put Maduro back in power.
Trial is in New York yes.
In a federal court.
It ends up at SCOTUS which has been ruling for Trump over 90% of the time.
So don’t hold your hopes up.
The Swiss are “amoral”?
What do you call the just ended super corrupt, sleazy Biden regime which facilitated mass theft of US tax payer dollars by Somalis all over the country among other crimes then?
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