Swiss prosecutors say probing suspected Russian agent
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Geneva: Swiss prosecutors said Saturday they were investigating a Russian diplomat and suspected agent alongside two others reported to have tried to...
Geneva: Swiss prosecutors said Saturday they were investigating a Russian diplomat and suspected agent alongside two others reported to have tried to procure weapons and other potentially dangerous material.
The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) said it had been conducting an investigation into the two accused people without diplomatic immunity, suspected of violating laws including Switzerland's War Material Act and Embargo Act.
It confirmed to AFP that its request to Switzerland's Federal Department of Justice and Police (FDJP) for authorisation to also look into the third man in the case had been granted.
"A national arrest warrant" had been issued, it said.
The Tages-Anzeiger daily reported that the man had been accredited as a diplomat in Bern, who had been under surveillance by Swiss intelligence.
