They are not purported to be dormant accounts just of victims.

That's why I felt this was the only way to force them to disclose these so-called dormant accounts.

Swiss officials say that their country has tried to resolve the issue of dormant accounts before.

The investigations turned up approximately $32 million in 775 additional dormant accounts opened prior to 1945, though not all were of European origin.

Any money such as you describe would have gone into a dormant account and been kept indefinitely.

Earlier this year, Swiss banks said they were aware of only 775 dormant accounts containing some $30 million.

A central question relating to the dormant accounts is that of interest payments.

"Our main emphasis is the dormant accounts," he said.

Some banks reactivate more than 90 percent of dormant accounts.