Tuesday, February 10, 2015

SBC shielded Venezuela, drug dealers and businessmen from paying taxes, report says


A report by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) released on Monday found that HSBC's Swiss private bank hid millions of dollars for drug traffickers, arms dealers and celebrities around the globe, and that the bank colluded to help them dodge taxes. Switzerland had the greatest number of clients of the data examined, followed by France, the United Kingdom, Brazil and Italy. In terms of dollar amounts involved, Venezuela ranked third in the world with $14.8 billion in private HSBC accounts, behind only Switzerland ($31.2 billion) and the United Kingdom ($21.7 billion. More…

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