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Swiss authorities close Benazir, Zardari money laundering probe

GENEVA: Swiss authorities on Monday closed a long-running probe into alleged money laundering against late Benazir Bhutto, the former Pakistani Prime Minister who was assassinated in December and her husband Asif Ali Zardari, Swiss news agency reported. Bhutto and her husband, businessman Asif Ali Zardari, were suspected of using Swiss bank accounts to launder about 12 million dollars (8.4 million euros) in alleged bribes paid by companies seeking customs inspection contracts in Pakistan in the 1990s. The couple was formally sentenced by decree on the charges in Geneva in 2003 after a first investigation, but the ruling was overturned on appeal.

Courtesy Geo

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