Stories have long circulated about Chen family corruption. The last straw was the news that the Swiss authorities in July 2008 had asked our government for help in investigating possible money laundering by the Chen family.
前總統陳水扁家族涉及弊案多年來傳聞不斷，然而此波密集偵察的導火線，卻是瑞士聯邦檢察署今（2008）年 7 月發函，要求我國政府提供司法協助，以釐清陳前總統家族的海外洗錢疑雲。