21.   The central bank has been accused of laundering gold plundered by the Nazis from occupied countries during World War II.

22.   The bank has acknowledged that much of the gold it bought from Nazi Germany in World War II was looted from the central banks of occupied countries.

23.   The Nazis also looted art and other cultural treasures from occupied countries.

24.   The Swiss National Bank has acknowledged that much of the gold it bought from Nazi Germany during World War II was looted from the central banks of occupied countries.

25.   The Soviet army, in turn, also carted off enormous quantities of art from Germany, including some that the Nazis had previously looted from occupied countries.

26.   They also claim that Switzerland profited from dealing in Nazi gold looted from the central banks of occupied countries.

27.   After war broke out an increasing number of Jews, gypsies and resistance workers from occupied countries were sent there.

28.   The rebels, who say Chechnya is an occupied independent country, had insisted on elections not taking place until after a Russian troop pullout.

29.   Jewish groups also blame the Swiss National Bank for buying gold from the Nazis it knew had been pillaged from occupied countries.

30.   Jewish groups have accused Swiss financial institutions of profiteering from their role as middlemen for the German Reichsbank from whom they bought gold pillaged from occupied countries.