Mar 302010
Not yet. Switzerland says the EU will continue to assist in helping release Max Göldi, a businessman held in Libya since July 2008 and now serving a prison term for immigration violations. He and another Swiss were picked up after Geneva police arrested a son of Moammar Gaddafi.
So far the Swiss have apologised, made overtures about compensation and dropped a pan-European travel ban on top Libyan officials. It's been fruitless.
Experts I spoke with today say there's not much leverage. Göldi’s prison term is up in 12 weeks.
The whole story is here.