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tags:
  - Country
  - Switzerland
  - Banking
  - FrontCompany
  - Khashoggi
category: "Country"
summary: "Switzerland is a European country whose banking secrecy laws made it the primary offshore jurisdiction for Iran-Contra arms dealer commissions, BCCI front operations, and Adnan Khashoggi's front companies, before Khashoggi was arrested there in 1988."
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[[Switzerland]] is a country in Europe known for its banking system. [[Adnan Khashoggi]] established front companies in [[Switzerland]] and [[Liechtenstein]] to handle his commissions. In 1988, Khashoggi was arrested in [[Switzerland]], accused of concealing funds, held for three months, and then extradited to the [[United States]].[^1]

[[Robert Booth Nichols]] had an office in Zurich, [[Switzerland]]. [[Art Suchesk]], a friend of [[Allan Boyak]] and a [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] proprietary company runner, was based out of Zurich, [[Switzerland]], during a period when he repeatedly encountered [[Robert Booth Nichols]] in various international locations.[^1]

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### Footnotes

[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.