意大利警方查获一批伪造美国国债,并逮捕八名涉案人员。警察称这起犯罪严重威胁到国际信贷体系的稳定。Alan Johnston报道。
This is a case of attempted international fraud on the most extraordinary scale. The police say that the $6tn worth of counterfeit US bonds were seized in Switzerland. They were found in fake American Federal Reserve security boxes in a raid in January. And now several arrests have been made in different parts of Italy. Investigators say the gang may have been planning to sell the bogus bonds to investors in emerging economies or to more mainstream brokers.
这起犯罪未遂的国际诈骗案规模相当惊人,警察说,这批总额为6万亿美元的伪造美国债券是在瑞士查获的。警察在1月份的突击中,发现存放在伪造的美国联邦储备安全箱里的这批假债券。意大利多个地区也逮捕了有关人员。调查人员称,这批团伙准备将这批假债券卖给新兴经济体国家的投资者,或卖给更多主流掮客。
The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton say they are cautiously optimistic that talks with Iran about its nuclear programme might resume. The assessment comes after Iran's nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili sent a letter to Baroness Ashton saying Tehran was ready to restart discussions.
美国国务卿希拉里和欧盟外交政策高级代表阿什顿表示,听闻将重启与伊朗就核项目的对话,她们对此持谨慎乐观态度。此前,伊朗核协调员Saeed Jalili向阿什顿致信表示伊朗准备重启对话。