[Scott from the Left Coast]

Numbered Swiss Account??? They keep those pretty secure. That is if it is even a wire transfer they're talking about (and who the hell knows?, this is all 99 parts fog to one part fact).

[Dog Gone]

The Swiss agreed to cooperate with banking information where there was evidence of criminal wrongdoing. In this case, it would be a no-brainer, even for them.

If I'm not mistaken, they also agreed to help with information regarding tax evasion a couple of years ago. It's not quite the financial haven it used to be, it seems.

[GovernmentShrinker]

The Swiss have reformed. And besides if our guys really wanted to send him the money, they're perfectly capable of setting up a numbered account in the U.S. (they do it with awards for crime tips all the time), from which the perp could have the money wired out to a bank in some shady Arab country, which would in turn (in about 2 seconds) wire it in pieces to several other banks, which it would then refuse to identify. The money is picked up at those banks, which may have no idea where it really came from, as it was wired into the accounts of existing customers.