Swiss banks said they refused to be made scapegoats in a long-running battle over compensation to Holocaust victims, after they were accused of blocking funds. According to a report - quoted on Wednesday in the New York Times - Swiss banks cited bank secrecy laws to restrict information about 4.1 million accounts opened during the Nazi-era between 1933 and 1945.
Posted by Editor at October 9, 2003 10:33 AM