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Swiss 'tipped off US' on Polanski

Source: BBC

Zurich : Switzerland | about 1 month ago

The AP news agency said e-mails show that the Swiss authorities tipped off their US counterparts that Polanski, 76, was preparing to travel to Zurich. The filmmaker was held as he travelled from France to collect an award. He has been wanted in the US since pleading guilty to unlawful sex with an underage...

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