Prosecutors said Tuesday the arrests were made during searches of 23 premises across the alpine country. Authorities said they are suspected of money laundering and membership of a criminal organization.
Officials said they believe the suspects for years forced Sri Lankans abroad to contribute several million Swiss francs (dollars) to the Tamil Tiger organization.
The Tamil Tigers lost a 25-year civil war in 2009 after the military crushed separatist forces which claimed to be fighting against decades of discrimination by Sri Lanka’s ethnic Sinhalese majority.
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