Swiss probe suspected bribery, money laundering in Ecuador oil trading
ZURICH, June 30 (Reuters) - Swiss federal prosecutors said on Wednesday they are investigating whether crimes including suspected bribery or money laundering linked to Ecuador oil trading were committed in Switzerland, a probe kicked off by a criminal case in the United States.
U.S. prosecutors are investigating "the suspected bribery of Ecuadorian public officials and money laundering allegedly committed by a former employee of a group of commodity trading companies based notably in Geneva," the Swiss attorney general's office said in a statement.
"The Swiss investigation aims to clarify whether in relation to this complex of facts any offences could have been committed on Swiss soil." (Reporting by John Miller; Editing by Michael Shields)
