1.   Carla del Ponte, then the Swiss federal prosecutor, asked Skuratov whether he was interested in pursuing it at his end.

2.   In the end the Swiss prosecutors were not able to ask Salinas any of their questions.

3.   It is clear that the daughters are under investigation in Switzerland and Russia based on questioning this week by Swiss prosecutors.

4.   On one side was Del Ponte, the tenacious Swiss prosecutor who has accused Milosevic of three counts of crimes against humanity, including murder.

5.   Reuters later reported that the Swiss federal prosecutor, Carla Del Ponte, had called a news conference to provide details of an espionage case.

6.   Swiss prosecutor Carla del Ponte discussed the case against Salinas at a news conference in Bern, Switzerland.

7.   Swiss prosecutors have said they are preparing a case to seize some of the funds on the ground that they are proceeds from narcotics trafficking.

8.   Swiss prosecutors say both companies appeared to be controlled by Lethier and Holzer, who have not denied receiving the sums.

9.   The funds were seized in November by Swiss prosecutors, who suspected the money was being laundered because it allegedly came from drug dealers.

10.   The judge, Paul Perraudin, said he had asked Swiss prosecutors to forward the dossier to their counterparts in Mexico.