AGO seeks bad money from Swiss banks

AGO seeks bad money from Swiss banks

JAKARTA: The Attorney General's Office (AGO) is approaching
the Swiss government to sign a bilateral agreement that would
help the AGO to track down funds stashed by corrupt Indonesian
officials in Swiss banks.

"We are now trying to work out a bilateral agreement with
Switzerland," said Tarwo Hadi Sadjuri, a director of the AGO's
special crimes division, on Tuesday.

He said that several other countries, including Singapore, had
agreed to provide legal assistance for the AGO in tracking down
embezzled funds.

Billions of dollars are believed to have been squirreled away
by the country's corrupt officials in overseas banks to evade
investigation here. Finding all the ill-gotten money is part of
the current government's efforts to curb rampant corruption here.
-- detikcom