ZURICH (Reuters) -Credit Suisse has reached an 11th-hour out-of-court settlement with Mozambique over the $1.5 billion-plus 'tuna bond' scandal, the Swiss bank's new owner UBS said on Sunday, drawing a line under a damaging dispute it inherited. The tuna bond case dates back to three deals between state-owned Mozambican companies and shipbuilder Privinvest - funded in part by loans and bonds from Credit Suisse and backed by undisclosed Mozambican government guarantees. Mozambique, one of the world's poorest countries, wanted to revoke a sovereign guarantee on a loan it alleges was corruptly procured and secure compensation for other alleged wrongdoing.
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"The parties have mutually released each other from any liabilities and claims relating to the transactions," UBS said. The terms of the deal were not disclosed one day before a three-month London civil trial was due to start on Monday.