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 Nobel-winning US economist Joseph Stiglitz and Swiss anti-corruption expert Mark Pieth said Saturday that a dispute over transparency had prompted them to quit a panel on reforming Panama's finance sector. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160807/transparency-row-drives-pair-to-quit-panama-papers-committee Sun, 07 Aug 2016 16:33:53 +0200 transparency-row-drives-pair-to-quit-panama-papers-committee A Swiss-based IT worker arrested earlier this month on suspicion of stealing documents from the law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers scandal was released from custody on Friday, his lawyer said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160625/swiss-based-it-worker-at-panama-papers-firm-released Sat, 25 Jun 2016 18:35:46 +0200 swiss-based-it-worker-at-panama-papers-firm-released An information technology worker at the Geneva office of Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers scandal, has been arrested, Switzerland's Le Temps newspaper reported late on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160616/it-worker-at-panama-papers-firm-arrested-in-madrid-report Thu, 16 Jun 2016 11:35:26 +0200 it-worker-at-panama-papers-firm-arrested-in-madrid-report The owner of a Modigliani painting allegedly looted by the Nazis has insisted there is no proof it was taken from a Jewish art dealer, after the Panama Papers leak led to it being briefly seized. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160612/panama-papers-painting-plot-thickens Sun, 12 Jun 2016 14:12:21 +0200 panama-papers-painting-plot-thickens A Modigliani painting allegedly looted by Nazis during World War II has been sequestered in Geneva after the Panama Papers leak uncovered the identity of its current owner, authorities said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160412/modigliani-painting-seized-in-swiss-probe Tue, 12 Apr 2016 11:10:10 +0200 modigliani-painting-seized-in-swiss-probe The unauthorized use of the International Red Cross's name by entities listed in the Panama Papers poses "enormous" risks for its operations and staff, the head of the humanitarian body said in an interview published on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160410/red-cross-threatened-by-unauthorised-panama-papers-link Sun, 10 Apr 2016 16:28:13 +0200 red-cross-threatened-by-unauthorised-panama-papers-link Switzerland doesn't need to boost financial regulations in the wake of the Panama Papers revelations, finance minister Ueli Maurer told Swiss tabloid Blick on Friday, defending the right of the super rich to park their money offshore. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160408/switzerland-cant-be-more-moral-than-everyone-else-panama-papers Fri, 08 Apr 2016 13:52:20 +0200 switzerland-cant-be-more-moral-than-everyone-else-panama-papers Swiss police on Wednesday searched Uefa headquarters in Nyon as part of a "criminal mismanagement" probe into a Champions League television rights deal signed by Fifa's new president Gianni Infantino. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160406/uefa-searched-after-infantino-linked-to-panama-papers Wed, 06 Apr 2016 20:13:52 +0200 uefa-searched-after-infantino-linked-to-panama-papers The CEO of Credit Suisse said on Tuesday the bank does not endorse offshore accounts for tax avoidance or shady dealings, the latest bank to defend itself against accusations made in the Panama Papers leak. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160405/swiss-banks-defend-themselves-over-offshore-dealings Tue, 05 Apr 2016 17:42:17 +0200 swiss-banks-defend-themselves-over-offshore-dealings Swiss bank UBS, banned Uefa boss Michel Platini and the former secretary general of Fifa are among those named in leaked documents as being connected to secret offshore companies. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160404/swiss-banks-and-fifa-figures-tied-to-offshore-activity Mon, 04 Apr 2016 12:21:18 +0200 swiss-banks-and-fifa-figures-tied-to-offshore-activity