-Caveat Lector- From http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/printpage/0,5942,2031227,00.html }}>Begin Liechtenstein in Nazi gold scandal >From AFP 23may01 08:25 (AEST) THE World Jewish Congress is preparing to launch legal action against Liechtenstein, accusing the tiny European state of hoarding stolen Nazi gold and other assets during World War II, a spokesman in New York said today. Building a case against Liechtenstein based on US intelligence documents relating to the period, Elan Steinberg, the council's spokesman and executive director, said lawsuits would be filed soon. "We have now begun to amass documents," he said, adding, "We expect shortly to initiate class-action suits against Liechtenstein". In 1998, a settlement concerning Nazi assets was reached with Swiss banks, but the deal specifically excluded Liechtenstein, he said. "It's now clear that like Switzerland, Liechtenstein banks and other institutions were in possession of huge amounts of Nazi gold, which is to say stolen gold, and other Nazi assets," Steinberg added. "Liechtenstein was like Switzerland...on a smaller scale, but not much of a smaller scale." He said documents gathered to support the case included declassified documents gathered by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the precursor of today's CIA. He said that several documents questioned the role of Martin Hilti, a Liechtenstein industrialist whose group is today a world leader in fastenings and demolition systems in the construction industry. "OSS documents charge that Martin Hilti was holding German assets, funds belonging to former Nazi leaders, and was a camouflage for those funds," Steinberg said. "Now that the Germany case has been settled, and of course the settlement with Switzerland has been achieved, we're now going to begin to disseminate the documentation on Liechtenstein, which is not free from legal closur e." 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