Editor’s Note (Ralph Turchiano) Re-Post Request for cross reference HSBC and Panama files. Original Post date 28 October 2012 Engineering Evil : Authenticity Still Requires further verification Being on a List does not imply guilt Current Source Info: Zougla Keep Talking… Read More ›
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Bank refuses to give customers their money unless they can prove a good reason for needing it
Posted By Grae Stafford On 10:36 AM 01/29/2014 International bank HSBC has been restricting its customers from withdrawing large sums of cash if they can’t provide a good enough reason for why they need it. The policy was brought in… Read More ›
China surpasses US as world’s largest trading nation
Beijing describes 2013 figures as ‘a landmark milestone’ as annual trade in goods passes the $4tn mark for the first time Angela Monaghan The Guardian, Friday 10 January 2014 06.17 EST China has overtaken the US in annual trade… Read More ›
Europe’s rich ‘could face uprising similar to Peasants’ Revolt’
Europe’s rich Baby Boomers are behaving like the nobility in the Peasants’ Revolt, and could face an uprising by the younger generation if the situation doesn’t change, HSBC’s chief economist has warned. Stephen King said the Occupy movement was the… Read More ›
2013 Bilderberg Attendee List released
Monday, 03 June 2013 FRA Castries, Henri de Chairman and CEO, AXA Group DEU Achleitner, Paul M. Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank AG DEU Ackermann, Josef Chairman of the Board, Zurich Insurance Group Ltd GBR Agius, Marcus… Read More ›
Under the hood of recent DDoS Attack on U.S. Banks
Author : Wang Wei on 1/10/2013 02:48:00 AM Incapsula security study reveals how a simple neglect in managing the administrative password of a small UK site was quickly exploited by Botnet shepherds operating obscurely out of Turkey to hurl large… Read More ›
California Counties Want Millions From Banks for Fixing LIBOR
By ROBERT KAHN (CN) – Bank of America and other heavy hitters defrauded cities and counties by conspiring to fix, and lie about, the LIBOR rates, four California counties and cities and a Bay Area utilities district claim… Read More ›
Greek ex-finance minister expelled from party for nepotism
Dec 29, 2012 07:00 Moscow Time George Papaconstantinou Photo: AFP Former Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou, under whose guidance the country went de facto bankrupt and was forced to seek EU and IMF loans, has been expelled from his… Read More ›
Officials defend decision not to prosecute in money-laundering case despite HSBC’s ‘blatant failure’ to implement controls
EEV: So the Investors pay while the criminals once again go free HSBC’s record $1.9bn fine preferable to prosecution, US authorities insist Dominic Rushe in New York and Jill Treanor in London guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 11 December 2012 15.37 EST Assistant attorney general Lanny… Read More ›
HSBC and Goldman Sachs held $335m of Libyan state oil money ( Gaddafi’s Billions? )
Reposted at request in regards to the HSBC Jersey offshore account scandal 26th May 2011 Update: Global Witness publishes the Libyan Investment Authority financial position as of September 2010 Read BBC Business Editor Robert Peston’s analysis of this story Listen to… Read More ›
U.K. probing money-laundering claims even as New Delhi remains ‘indifferent’
Hasan Suroor “We received the data and we are studying it,” says HMRC Even as the Indian government faced criticism for not taking action over claims of black money allegedly held by Indians in HSBC’s branch in Geneva, the British… Read More ›
HSBC investigation: Drug dealers, gun runners and Britain’s biggest bank
Britain’s biggest bank is at the centre of a major HM Revenue and Customs investigation after it opened offshore accounts in Jersey for serious criminals living in this country, The Telegraph can disclose. The disclosures raise serious questions about HSBC’s… Read More ›
Greek publisher cleared of breaking the law by printing alleged list of Swiss bank depositors
Published November 01, 2012 | Associated Press ATHENS, Greece – A magazine publisher was acquitted on Thursday of breaching privacy laws by printing a list allegedly naming Greeks with bank accounts in Switzerland. The list has touched off… Read More ›
Greek Journalists Arrested for Exposing How Bad Economy Is
Thursday, 01 November 2012 Another Greek journalist was arrested after threatening to expose damaging information about the country’s economy. This move comes in amid public protests against government media censorship following two high-profile cases. Facing public discontent and mass protests,… Read More ›
Greek state television journalists accused the government of censorship and began a series of work stoppages
Greek journalists strike over suspension of presenters By Renee MaltezouPosted 2012/10/30 at 8:56 am EDT ATHENS, Oct. 30, 2012 (Reuters) — Greek state television journalists accused the government of censorship and began a series of work stoppages on Tuesday after… Read More ›
Greek magazine editor arrested on live radio for publishing the names of 2,000 wealthy ‘tax evaders’… all with Swiss bank accounts
Kostas Vaxevanis, editor of Hot Docs, was giving a radio interview in Athens when officers stormed into the studio saying he had to go ‘to be arrested’ Today, as he appeared in court, Greek daily Ta Nea reprinted the list… Read More ›
Lagarde-List Leaked: HOT DOC Publishes 2,059 Names from Stolen HSBC-List
Link to the : The “Lagarde List” Just the names Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Politics Monthly magazine HOT DOC managed the impossible: To get what it seems to be the content of the long-missing and infamous Lagarde-list containing the names… Read More ›
List of Swiss Accounts Turns Up the Heat in Greece
Update: The ” Lagarde List ” Linked Here October 27, 2012 By RACHEL DONADIO and LIZ ALDERMAN ATHENS — The speaker of the Greek Parliament, several employees of the Finance Ministry and a number of business leaders are on a… Read More ›
Millions affected after cyber attack on HSBC
HSBC’s websites across the world have been hit by one of the largest cyber attacks to strike a bank in an attack that left millions of customers without access to online services. An unknown group launched a so-called “denial of… Read More ›