Recently there have been a couple of posts where the slow workings of the Swiss justice system have been thematized.
But this news were still a surprise to me: The Swiss justice system didn't go after an extortionist who successfully blackmailed a Swiss bank for more than half a million. (I don't expect them to deliver justice for normal people… but not even for banks?)
Zurich's prosecutors knew about the extortion since 2014, yet they didn't do anything.
Especially embarrassing: there were two (alleged) offenders. One lives in Switzerland, one in Germany. The Germans have convicted "their" guy in 2019 and he had to pay his share of the extorted money back. Whereas the Swiss didn't even investigate "their" guy, thus he can keep his share of the extorted money (more than half a million) and faces no punishment.
Imagine… the German justice system is better prepared to get extroted money back for a bank in Switzerland than the Swiss justice system.
Source: https://www.srf.ch/news/wirtschaft/steuerbetrug-cum-ex-zuercher-justiz-laesst-erpresser-laufen
by b00nish
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“Kuscheljustiz” is what this is called here. The Zurich office is notoriously weak when it comes to investigating financial crimes. It beggars belief though that someone could blackmail a bank and get away with it to the tune of half a million!
This is more than being asleep at the wheel, there must be some kind of personal connection which played a role. It’s time to investigate and uncover the possible corruption here.
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