Posted on 08/01/2002 5:41:12 PM PDT by NativeNewYorker
Edited on 08/01/2002 6:01:26 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
GENEVA - (AP) -- Switzerland has asked Argentina for details of allegations that former President Carlos Menem took $10 million to cover up Iran's purported role in the deadly bombing of a Jewish center and stashed the funds in Swiss banks, a Justice Ministry official said Tuesday.
Ministry spokesman Folco Galli said Swiss justice authorities had asked their Argentine counterparts to provide more information as part of a request for legal assistance Argentina sent in December.
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