Swiss Find Evidence of CIA Spy Attempt (mostly Arabs targetted)

BERN, Switzerland (AP) - Swiss authorities have found enough evidence to seek a full investigation into allegations the CIA was trying to obtain personal details of about 500 labor union members, most of them Arabs, officials said Friday.

Espionage by foreign agents in Switzerland is illegal and often results in expulsion of the suspects.

The investigations began Sept. 12, the same day the daily tabloid Blick first reported that an unidentified CIA agent based at the U.S. Embassy in Bern had paid a Swiss informant in an attempt to obtain information about Arabs in Switzerland suspected of involvement in terrorist financing.

Jeanette Balmer, spokeswoman of the Federal Prosecutor's Office, said intensive investigations have confirmed those suspicions.

"Moreover, the people in question in the case could be identified," she said.

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