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'Rotten Core of Banking' Exposed: Global Outrage Follows HSBC Revelations
Published on
Monday, February 09, 2015
byCommon Dreams
'These bankers are too big to fail and too big to jail, so they just keep engaging in illegal activity.'
byDeirdre Fulton, staff writer
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"It's time we ensured banks were working in the public's interest instead of conspiring against us," says David Hillman of the Robin Hood Tax campaign. (Photo: Gyver Chang/flickr/cc)
New details about how HSBC bank helped tax evaders and money-launderersfrom political figures to celebrities to arms dealersconceal billions of dollars in assets have sparked international condemnation, from elected officials as well as public interest groups around the world.
Documents leaked by whistleblower Hervé Falciani, who worked for HSBC, show how a Swiss division of the U.K.-headquartered bank routinely allowed clients to withdraw bricks of cash, often in foreign currencies of little use in Switzerland; aggressively marketed schemes likely to enable wealthy clients to avoid European and U.S. taxes; colluded with some clients to conceal undeclared "black" accounts from their domestic tax authorities; and provided accounts to international criminals, corrupt businessmen, and other high-risk individuals.
"This exposes once again the rotten core of bankingit would be shocking if it weren't for the frequency with which we hear of such scandals," said David Hillman, spokesperson for the U.K.-based Robin Hood Tax campaign. "It shows a sector not content with dodging its own obligations, but also conniving to help the richest people shirk their responsibilities to society as well."
"It's clear our...approach to the banking sector is wholly inadequate," Hillman continued. "It's time we ensured banks were working in the public's interest instead of conspiring against us."
"These bankers are too big to fail and too big to jail, so they just keep engaging in illegal activity."
James Henry, Tax Justice Network
Full article: http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/02/09/rotten-core-banking-exposed-global-outrage-follows-hsbc-revelations
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'Rotten Core of Banking' Exposed: Global Outrage Follows HSBC Revelations (Original Post)
polly7
Feb 2015
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nashville_brook
(20,958 posts)1. kicking this. HSBC...BCCI for the 21st Century?
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)2. Of course HSBC is good friends with HRC.
quadrature
(2,049 posts)4. special prosecutor needed ...nt
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)5. ,
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inanna
(3,547 posts)6. recommended n/t