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This content was published on March 10, 2018 3:51 PM Mar 10, 2018 - 15:51
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Unlike this traditional vault (pictured), the burgled boxes were part of a fully-automated system.
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Numerous safe deposit boxes have been broken into and emptied at a branch of Swiss bank Raiffeisen in Basel.

As weekend newspapers Schweiz am Wochenende and Südostschweiz am Wochenende reported, a customer filed a criminal complaint last week after discovering that his valuables and money had been stolen from his safe deposit box.

Basel’s public prosecutor confirmed the reports to the Swiss News Agency (SDA/ATS) on Saturday. In total, 22 safe deposit boxes at the Aeschenplatz Raiffeisen in Basel were plundered. The bank has informed the affected customers.

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The boxes are located in the bank’s basement, but customers can access them at any time via a PIN code and a dumbwaiter that lifts boxes up to a small room. Afterwards, the automated mechanism brings them back into the basement vault.

The total damages are unclear. Forensic teams are investigating the matter.

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"T commented on the content at 11 March 2018 23:52".
T 11-Mar-2018 23:52
An usual amount of corruption in the Swiss banking system.
Switzerland is going to be a very different country in the next decade, the Left will have a much stronger hold, the money will leave, the social welfare system will be under great strain and crime will increase. It's not looking positive for the direction and path Switzerland is on.
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 "William replied to the comment of T at 12 March 2018 15:18."
William 12-Mar-2018 15:18
Interesting statements from you "T". May I ask on what you base these predictions?
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