The Swiss government has asked Kenya for evidence to help nail some of the Anglo Leasing scandal suspects.
Switzerland’s
Attorney General’s office said they were investigating possible money
laundering in relation to the Anglo Leasing deals.
Switzerland
has formally requested for information as it closes down on three
suspects of money laundering connected with the multi-billion shilling
scandal.
The Swiss Attorney-General said the scam is
believed to have roped in companies based in the European country, whose
proceeds and assets may have been moved to Zurich.
“The
Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland, as part of its own
criminal investigation into the Anglo Leasing case, requests support
from the Kenyan judicial authorities to obtain evidence of a possible
predicate offence to money laundering,” read the statement.
The
AG’s office in Switzerland says accessing such information would set in
motion criminal proceedings against the three suspects, which began in
April 2009 following a report from the Money Laundering Reporting
Office.
Since then, several bank accounts in Switzerland have been identified and frozen.
A
probe into the scandal led to the assessment of financial transfers and
the results of the comprehensive cash flow analysis of cross-border
links.
This led investigators in Zurich to request mutual legal assistance from various states.
England,
Scotland and Jersey are some of the countries that have provided
information on money laundering revolving around the Anglo-Leasing
related deals.
Authorities in Switzerland say they had been provided with “a considerable amount of useful information.”
“The
Swiss AG is now requesting Kenya for active mutual legal assistance in
order to obtain evidence of the predicate offence committed outside
Switzerland,” reads the statement.
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