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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 80 points 3 months ago

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 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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

[-] gressen@lemmy.zip 57 points 3 months ago

So Maduro is guilty until proven innocent.

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[-] Twongo@lemmy.ml 42 points 3 months ago

but i thought switzerland was neutral! /s

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 months ago

They wil take anyone's money, very neutral.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 41 points 3 months 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 3 months ago

Swiss held on to that shiny Nazi gold, too.

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 34 points 3 months ago
[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 30 points 3 months ago

Not just complicity, active collaboration and co-conspiracy.

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 months ago

Agree, those are better terms.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 31 points 3 months ago

Have they frozen any criminal billionaires ' assets?

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 17 points 3 months ago

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 3 months 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 3 months ago

Ha! Good one 🤣

[-] NewOldGuard@lemmy.ml 24 points 3 months ago

Fascist collaborators to their core

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 23 points 3 months ago

How surprising /s

[-] ms_lane@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago

How neutral of them.

[-] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

Bunch of cunts.

[-] Sauvandu60@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 months ago

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

[-] Saapas@piefed.zip 2 points 3 months ago

Hold up. What assets in Switzerland..?

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