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| Country | 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. |
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 proprietary company runner, was based out of Zurich, Switzerland, during a period when he repeatedly encountered Robert Booth Nichols in various international locations.1
Footnotes
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Seymour, Cheri. The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010. ↩︎