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Swiss Tipped U.S. Off About Polanski's Arrival

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Oct 20, 2009 4:20 pm US/Eastern

Swiss Tipped U.S. Off About Polanski's Arrival

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Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Director Roman Polanski attends Che Tempo Che Fa TV Show held at RAI Studios on November 23, 2008 in Milan, Italy.
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Newly released documents show that Swiss authorities set in motion the arrest of fugitive director Roman Polanski.

A series of e-mails obtained by The Associated Press show that the Swiss tipped off their U.S. counterparts about Polanski's imminent arrival at a Zurich film festival.

The Sept. 22 tip culminated four days later with Polanski's arrest.

U.S. authorities had declined to say how they learned of Polanski's trip to Zurich, but a public records request shows the information came from the Swiss Federal Office of Justice.

The new details again raise the question of why Switzerland decided to go after Polanski now, even though the 76-year-old director was a frequent visitor to that nation.

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