Switzerland on Wednesday gave French authorities bank documents seized in an investigation of alleged money laundering linked to illicit arms sales to Angola.
The Justice Ministry said the handover included information on seven frozen bank accounts and was made possible by a government decision that helping France in its "Angolagate" inquiry would not compromise Switzerland's national interests.
The French investigation centres on the sale of $500-million in illegal arms to Angola, allegedly brokered by billionaire businessman Pierre Falcone.
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