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| Swiss admit US Polanski tip-off | Swiss admit US Polanski tip-off |
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| Authorities in Switzerland have claimed they acted correctly in informing their US counterparts that director Roman Polanski was travelling to Zurich. | Authorities in Switzerland have claimed they acted correctly in informing their US counterparts that director Roman Polanski was travelling to Zurich. |
| It was this tip-off, revealed in e-mails obtained by AP, that set in motion the 76-year-old's arrest last month on decades-old sex charges. | It was this tip-off, revealed in e-mails obtained by AP, that set in motion the 76-year-old's arrest last month on decades-old sex charges. |
| Justice Ministry spokesman Folco Galli told AP that US officials were asked if an alert issued in 2005 remained valid. | Justice Ministry spokesman Folco Galli told AP that US officials were asked if an alert issued in 2005 remained valid. |
| After receiving confirmation, he said that Switzerland was obliged to act. | After receiving confirmation, he said that Switzerland was obliged to act. |
| Polanski was taken into custody in Zurich after he travelled from France to collect an award at the city's film festival. | Polanski was taken into custody in Zurich after he travelled from France to collect an award at the city's film festival. |
| He has been wanted in the US since pleading guilty to unlawful sex with an under-age girl and then fleeing in 1978. | He has been wanted in the US since pleading guilty to unlawful sex with an under-age girl and then fleeing in 1978. |
| Records request | Records request |
| Galli's comments follow the emergence of the e-mails - revealed by AP following a public records request - which shed light on how the US came to be aware of the fugitive director's movements. | Galli's comments follow the emergence of the e-mails - revealed by AP following a public records request - which shed light on how the US came to be aware of the fugitive director's movements. |
| CASE TIMELINE 1977 - Polanski admits unlawful sex with Samantha Geimer, 13, in Los Angeles1978 - He flees to Britain after US arrest warrant is issued. He immediately moves to France, where he holds citizenship. He settles there - protected by France's limited extradition with US2008 - Polanski's lawyer demands case be dismissed and hearing moved out of LA court2009 - Polanski's request to have hearing outside LA is denied. Swiss authorities detain Polanski after he travels to Zurich Profile: Roman Polanski class="" href="/2/hi/entertainment/8317920.stm">Full coverage: Polanski's arrest | |
| After receiving the tip-off, US federal officials alerted prosecutors in Los Angeles who drafted an arrest warrant. | After receiving the tip-off, US federal officials alerted prosecutors in Los Angeles who drafted an arrest warrant. |
| The US authorities had declined to say how they learned of Polanski's trip to Zurich. | The US authorities had declined to say how they learned of Polanski's trip to Zurich. |
| He had been a frequent visitor to Switzerland prior to his arrest and owns property in the country. | He had been a frequent visitor to Switzerland prior to his arrest and owns property in the country. |
| Earlier this week, he lost an appeal to be released on bail from the Swiss jail where he is being held ahead of his possible extradition to the US. | Earlier this week, he lost an appeal to be released on bail from the Swiss jail where he is being held ahead of his possible extradition to the US. |
| Switzerland's highest criminal court backed an earlier government ruling that there was a high risk of him fleeing the country if he was released. | Switzerland's highest criminal court backed an earlier government ruling that there was a high risk of him fleeing the country if he was released. |
| The Paris-born Polish filmmaker has not set foot in the US for more than 30 years. | The Paris-born Polish filmmaker has not set foot in the US for more than 30 years. |