Mafia probe led to huge fake bonds find
Italian prosecutors say they have broken up an organised crime ring that was hiding trillions of dollars of fake US bonds.
Worth $6 trillion, the bonds were found in three metal boxes in a warehouse in the Swiss city of Zurich.
The BBC's Alan Johnson said that an investigation into a mafia group in southern Italy resulted in the chance finding of a number of bonds in a suspect's home some time ago.
Authorities then began a complex investigation across several countries, which eventually led them to Switzerland.
The BBC's Alan Johnston reports.
17 Feb 2012
- From the section Europe