A committee of U.S. public finance officials is slated to meet Thursday to monitor the cooperation of Swiss banks in returning the assets of dormant accounts belonging to Holocaust victims. The officials are also monitoring the banks’ accountability regarding assets looted by the Nazis. It remains unclear whether the officials will announce a boycott of the banks.
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