https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Three former German football officials and ex-FIFA Secretary General Urs Linsi went on trial on Monday in Switzerland over suspicions that Germany bought votes to obtain the 2006 World Cup. https://www.thelocal.ch/20200310/swiss-trial-over-2006-german-world-cup-corruption-opens Tue, 10 Mar 2020 04:24:52 +0100 swiss-trial-over-2006-german-world-cup-corruption-opens The Swiss parliament on Wednesday voted to extend the mandate of attorney general Michael Lauber, despite suspicion of misconduct in his handling of the massive corruption investigation targeting FIFA. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190925/swiss-parliament-narrowly-reappoints-top-prosecutor-despite-fifa-probe Wed, 25 Sep 2019 12:11:30 +0200 swiss-parliament-narrowly-reappoints-top-prosecutor-despite-fifa-probe Former UEFA president Michel Platini told Swiss television channel RTS on Friday he "will be back" as his ban from football for ethics violations finishes on October 7. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190907/platini-to-swiss-tv-ill-be-back Sat, 07 Sep 2019 13:20:35 +0200 platini-to-swiss-tv-ill-be-back A Swiss magistrate investigating allegations of corrupt links between a Swiss regional prosecutor and FIFA chief Gianni Infantino and has closed his investigation, clearing him of any suspicion. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190414/swiss-prosecutor-cleared-in-fifa-gifts-probe Sun, 14 Apr 2019 12:03:17 +0200 swiss-prosecutor-cleared-in-fifa-gifts-probe Switzerland said on Tuesday April 9th that it had restituted around $365 million (approximately 365 million CHF) from funds it seized during a corruption probe of Brazil's state oil firm Petrobras and construction giant Odebrecht. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190410/switzerland-hands-over-365-million-linked-to-brazilian-car-wash-scandal Wed, 10 Apr 2019 13:17:04 +0200 switzerland-hands-over-365-million-linked-to-brazilian-car-wash-scandal Swiss prosecutors said on Thursday February 7th they were dropping charges of financial wrongdoing against Teodorin Obiang Nguema, the son of Equatorial Guinea's authoritarian leader, but were confiscating luxury cars as part of the case. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190208/switzerland-seizes-cars-owned-by-e-guinea-presidents-multi-millionaire-son Fri, 08 Feb 2019 13:40:38 +0100 switzerland-seizes-cars-owned-by-e-guinea-presidents-multi-millionaire-son Switzerland has been named the third least corrupt country in the world in a key annual ranking. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190129/switzerland-one-of-worlds-least-corrupt-countries-despite-recent-scandals Tue, 29 Jan 2019 20:21:22 +0100 switzerland-one-of-worlds-least-corrupt-countries-despite-recent-scandals A Swiss federal prosecutor suspended last month in connection with corruption investigations in the world of football has been cleared of wrongdoing and quit his job, authorities said Friday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181117/swiss-prosecutor-cleared-in-fifa-corruption-probe-then-quits Sat, 17 Nov 2018 16:55:01 +0100 swiss-prosecutor-cleared-in-fifa-corruption-probe-then-quits The office of Switzerland's attorney general said Friday it had suspended a federal prosecutor in connection with investigations into alleged improprieties in the world of football. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181109/swiss-attorney-general-suspends-prosecutor-in-fifa-probe Fri, 09 Nov 2018 15:49:33 +0100 swiss-attorney-general-suspends-prosecutor-in-fifa-probe The Swiss banking giant UBS goes on trial in Paris on Monday October 8th to face accusations it orchestrated a huge tax fraud scheme for wealthy French clients, with potential fines of billions of euros. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181008/swiss-banking-giant-ubs-on-trial-in-france-over-tax-fraud-claims Mon, 08 Oct 2018 13:22:25 +0200 swiss-banking-giant-ubs-on-trial-in-france-over-tax-fraud-claims Last year, Geneva politician Pierre Maudet was nearly voted in as one of Switzerland’s seven presidents. On Thursday, he was forced to temporarily quit his role as Geneva president just months after landing the key job. So what happened? https://www.thelocal.ch/20180913/behind-the-headlines-how-switzerlands-political-golden-child-has-fallen-from-grace Thu, 13 Sep 2018 23:09:10 +0200 behind-the-headlines-how-switzerlands-political-golden-child-has-fallen-from-grace Reports in the French, Spanish, German and Swiss media allege that former Spanish king, King Juan Carlos I, stashed illegitimately acquired funds in Swiss bank accounts. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180717/former-spanish-king-accused-by-alleged-former-lover-of-holding-secret-swiss-bank-accounts-to-launder-funds Tue, 17 Jul 2018 13:01:17 +0200 former-spanish-king-accused-by-alleged-former-lover-of-holding-secret-swiss-bank-accounts-to-launder-funds The CEO of Swiss Post, Susanne Ruoff, has resigned after mounting pressure over a scandal that saw PostBus claiming tens of millions of francs in illegal subsidies over nearly a decade. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180612/swiss-post-boss-forced-out-over-massive-subsidies-scandal Tue, 12 Jun 2018 13:25:45 +0200 swiss-post-boss-forced-out-over-massive-subsidies-scandal Glencore may face a British fraud probe into alleged corruption in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bloomberg reported Friday May 18th, sending the Swiss miner's share price tumbling. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180521/swiss-mining-giant-glencore-may-face-uk-probe-over-congo-deals Mon, 21 May 2018 12:46:45 +0200 swiss-mining-giant-glencore-may-face-uk-probe-over-congo-deals Two former Greek prime ministers and eight former ministers have been implicated in an alleged corruption scandal involving Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis, a judicial source said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180206/switzerland-novartis-bribery-probe-ten-greek-ex-ministers-allegedly-involved Tue, 06 Feb 2018 11:42:28 +0100 switzerland-novartis-bribery-probe-ten-greek-ex-ministers-allegedly-involved Fifa's ethics committee on Tuesday slapped lifetime bans on three former world football executives who have all pleaded guilty to corruption charges in US courts. https://www.thelocal.ch/20171122/fifa-bans-three-former-football-executives-for-life Wed, 22 Nov 2017 09:38:38 +0100 fifa-bans-three-former-football-executives-for-life It was the raid that changed the face of the world's most popular sport. Swiss police swooped in on a five-star Zurich hotel at dawn, arresting seven soccer officials at US request. https://www.thelocal.ch/20171105/fifa-corruption-trial-opens-in-new-york Sun, 05 Nov 2017 04:27:26 +0100 fifa-corruption-trial-opens-in-new-york Paris Saint Germain president and beIN Media chief Nasser al-Khelaifi insisted on Wednesday that he had "nothing to hide" after a marathon grilling by Swiss prosecutors investigating claims of World Cup corruption. https://www.thelocal.ch/20171026/paris-saint-germain-boss-grilled-by-swiss-prosecutors-in-corruption-probe Thu, 26 Oct 2017 10:15:55 +0200 paris-saint-germain-boss-grilled-by-swiss-prosecutors-in-corruption-probe Switzerland said on Thursday it has opened a criminal corruption probe targeting the head of Paris Saint-Germain football club and beIN media, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, and disgraced former Fifa executive Jerome Valcke. https://www.thelocal.ch/20171013/switzerland-opens-fresh-corruption-probe-against-football-executives Fri, 13 Oct 2017 10:37:16 +0200 switzerland-opens-fresh-corruption-probe-against-football-executives Deposed Spanish football boss Angel Maria Villar, in custody on corruption charges, has resigned as vice-president of both Fifa and Uefa, the two Switzerland-based governing bodies announced on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170728/spanish-football-chief-resigns-from-fifa-and-uefa-over-fraud-probe Fri, 28 Jul 2017 10:30:01 +0200 spanish-football-chief-resigns-from-fifa-and-uefa-over-fraud-probe