Financial
security/Criminals and bank secrecy
Team
of journalists from 45 countries unearths secret bank accounts maintained for
criminals, traffickers, tax dodgers, politicians and celebrities
Secret documents reveal that global banking giant HSBC profited from
doing business with arms dealers who channeled mortar bombs to child soldiers
in Africa, bag men for Third World dictators, traffickers in blood diamonds and
other international outlaws.
The leaked files, based on the inner workings of HSBC’s Swiss private
banking arm, relate to accounts holding more than $100 billion. They provide a
rare glimpse inside the super-secret Swiss banking system — one the public has
never seen before.
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