New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange filed a criminal complaint against the Nobel panel over the 'instrument of war' peace prize to Venezuelan democracy activist Maria Corina Machado.

In a statement on December 17, WikiLeaks said Julian Assange filed a criminal complaint in Sweden, "accusing 30 individuals associated with the Nobel Foundation, including its leadership, of committing serious suspected crimes, including the crime of gross misappropriation of funds, facilitation of war crimes and crimes against humanity, and the financing of the crime of aggression."

The statement claimed, "The complaint shows that Alfred Nobel's 1895 will explicitly mandates that the peace prize go to the individual who during the procee...