Confidential documents, such as the financial institution HSBC in Geneva with tax evaders and other criminals made millionaire business. Celebrities from all over the world had there accounts. In total, more than 100,000 persons Large data leak at a Swiss subsidiary of the bank HSBC
- affected
- billions invested as black money
has the Swiss private banking division of HSBC Holdings Plc over the years with the leadership of secret accounts for a broad range of criminal enormous profits retracted. The research network ICIJ, are among the included journalists from “Süddeutsche Zeitung”, NDR and WDR, has revealed the braid. drug cartels arms dealer to tax evaders and diamond dealers on the run, everything is represented on the way from a report an international news organization is apparent. But also notable athletes, musicians and actors are suspected
The as “Swiss Leaks” designated disclosure should include a number of prominent names.
- Christian Slater (Hollywood Star )
- Fernando Alonso (Formula 1 ace)
- Flavio Briatore (Italian sports manager, former Formula 1 team boss)
- Elle Macpherson (US Topmodel)
- Diego Forlan (Uruguayan national football team)
- Marat Safin (ex-tennis pro)
- Phil Collins
- Flick family (German industrialist clan)
- Valentino Rossi (motorcycle world champion)
This chart shows the countries from which most of the money was stashed at HSBC accounts:
The British Financial Group is one of a handful of banks who face prosecution for their role in the Swiss banking system. Swiss bank secrecy that has it enables customers to conceal their identities, has been exploited in many cases, in order to evade taxes and wash illegally earned money
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drug dealers, criminals, kings
The published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists report makes first clear how extensive the customer base of private banking -Sparte HSBC was the wealthy account holders comprised by the elite to lawbreakers. In 2007, the division controlled assets worth $ 100 billion.
According to the report, the bank also introduced accounts for controversial persons including policy strategists of the former Haitian President Jean-Claude “Baby Doc “Duvalier, who was accused of having made hundreds of millions of dollars aside before he fled the country.
Also on the list are the diamond dealers Mozes Victor King and Kenneth Lee Akselrod who are on the run and wanted by Interpol.
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The Russian oligarch Gennady Timchenko, a close confidant of President Vladimir Putin, also was one of the HSBC customers worldwide. Against him the Crimea were imposed by Russia sanctions after the annexation.
David Bowie also has a HSBC account
talked to many artists who have accounts at the private bank, counts among others and the Rock star David Bowie , which is a Swiss citizen. Against him no charges are pressed. A spokesperson for the singer could for an opinion not be reached.
Among the people on the list are also customers who wanted to hide their accounts from creditors, ex-spouses, political opponents and investigating authorities.
The report is based on a list of HSBC customers from around 2007, which brought by a former employee of the bank and the authorities has been delivered. This sparked tax investigations from Argentina to France, Belgium and Greece. Some of the names on this list have known in advance, but the report from Sunday refers to the full list of more than 100,000 natural and legal persons from more than 200 countries.
Bank promised protection from tax authorities
For the clients were royal families and sentenced cocaine dealer, Ambassador and terror suspects, artists and elected politicians, top managers and top athletes . In these and many other customers, the Bank promoted so that their accounts are an efficient way to hide money from the tax authorities, as is apparent from the report.
In a statement on the report HSBC admitted that their compliance efforts were inadequate. However, the Bank pointed out that they’ve been through since 2007, a “radical transformation” and now enforcing significantly more stringent requirements. As a result of repositioning the customer base of the Swiss private banking division was also decreased by almost 70 percent, said HSBC
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