Swiss reject Indian request for help in arms case


  • World
  • Sunday, 30 Aug 2015

ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland has rejected India's request for legal assistance in investigating two Swiss companies suspected of bribing Indian officials to win arms deals.

"As the requesting authority did not deliver information requested by international assistance law, the OAG (Office of the Attorney General) was by law not in a position to provide information," an OAG spokesman said in an emailed comment on Sunday, confirming a report by the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper.

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