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GENEVA – The Swiss government said on Jan 5 that it had decided to freeze any assets held in Switzerland by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro or his associates “with immediate effect”.

Bern said it had reached its decision after Mr Maduro was seized in Caracas in a shock US military operation and brought to New York to face narcotrafficking charges.

Describing the situation as “volatile”, the Swiss government said in a statement that it wanted “to ensure that any illicitly acquired assets cannot be transferred out of Switzerland in the current situation”.

“The asset freeze comes into force today with immediate effect and will remain valid for four years until further notice.”

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[–] ninja@lemmy.world 79 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Swiss government says it's going to go ahead and hold on to that money until everyone forgets about it.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

it worked for the nazis; so why not? /s

[–] gressen@lemmy.zip 57 points 1 month ago (34 children)

So Maduro is guilty until proven innocent.

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[–] Twongo@lemmy.ml 43 points 1 month ago (1 children)

but i thought switzerland was neutral! /s

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

They wil take anyone's money, very neutral.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 42 points 1 month ago

It's very telling seeing how the Western countries reacted to Russia invading Ukraine, the genocide in Gaza, and now the US invading Venezuela. It's now crystal clear that the West does not care about any moral principles, and the actual tension over Ukraine is whose sphere of influence it's under.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 37 points 1 month ago

Swiss held on to that shiny Nazi gold, too.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not just complicity, active collaboration and co-conspiracy.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 month ago

Agree, those are better terms.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 31 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Have they frozen any criminal billionaires ' assets?

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Turns out that instead of arresting any pedophile in the Epstein files it was easier to invade another country on fake charges and arrest a guy to steal his oil.

[–] DeepSpace9mm@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

I saw some mastodon posters calling this a distraction from the Epstein files as if anti-communism, installing far-right dictators, and privatizing everything weren't already the highest priorities for burgerland.

[–] eatCasserole@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Ha! Good one 🤣

[–] NewOldGuard@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 month ago

Fascist collaborators to their core

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 month ago

How surprising /s

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

How neutral of them.

Bunch of cunts.

[–] Sauvandu60@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 month ago

Swiss neutrality: We'll hold everyone's money... until we decide not to.

[–] Saapas@piefed.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Hold up. What assets in Switzerland..?

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