Swiss prosecutors target financial blog Inside Paradeplatz

The Zurich Public Prosecutor's Office have searched the offices of the financial portal Inside Paradeplatz in Zurich, according to its manager, journalist Lukas Hässig. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Hässig and his journal are the subject of criminal proceedings in connection with the case of Pierin Vincenz, former CEO of Raiffeisen bank. A fortnight ago, the Zurich public prosecutor's office 'raided' the offices of Inside Paradeplatz, Lukas Hässig wrote on his online portal today. "The prosecutor in charge of the case and half a dozen police officers searched the station and then the journalist's private home," it reads. They took away a laptop and a mobile phone, as well as several documents. + Strip clubs and fraud: the trial of an unconventional Swiss banker Contacted by Keystone-ATS, the Zurich authorities confirmed that it had conducted a search for evidence. Criminal proceedings are under way against Hässig on suspicion of breaching banking secrecy.