Is offering a Rolex to a foreign official considered bribery under Swiss law?
The Swiss criminal code forbids the bribery of foreign officials. Swissinfo examines whether this rule would apply to top Swiss executives who brought valuable gifts on a recent visit to the White House. A meeting in the Oval Office between American President Donald Trump and executives from Swiss companies has stirred a debate over corruption on both sides of the Atlantic. It wasn’t simply that the businessmen, who aren’t official representatives of the Swiss government, arrived bearing presents – a Rolex desk clock and an engraved gold bar. Читать дальше...