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Montevideo, November 15th 2024 - 09:35 UTC

Tag: Swiss Federal Intelligence Service (FIS)

  • Sunday, May 7th 2017 - 14:54 UTC

    German Swiss spat over spying to catch tax dodgers

    Switzerland objects to the practice of buying data stolen from Swiss banks. The mole allegedly spied inside North Rhine-Westphalia's finance ministry.

    German investigators suspect that a mole spied for Swiss intelligence from inside a government office which was trying to catch German tax dodgers. The allegations are part of the case against an alleged Swiss spy arrested in a Frankfurt hotel on Friday, 29 April, German media report. He is suspected of monitoring German tax investigators.