Article: Swiss officials discover $48 million in three secret bank accounts linked to Montesinos.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

LIMA, Peru _ Swiss authorities have detected $48 million in three bank accounts belonging to fallen Peruvian spymaster Vladimiro Montesinos and asked for help in a money-laundering investigation, Justice Minister Alberto Bustamante announced late Thursday.

Speaking to reporters as he left the presidential palace Thursday night, Bustamante said Peru has appointed a special investigative judge after receiving information about three bank accounts belonging to the Montesinos, until last month the powerful intelligence chief and closest confidante to President Fujimori.

Bustamante provided no more details on the bank accounts or on the Swiss request for ...

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