Comments on: Swiss prosecutors raid HSBC Private Bank in Geneva in money laundering probe https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/02/swiss-prosecutors-probe-hsbc-private-bank-in-geneva-for-money-laundering/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: saggio https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/02/swiss-prosecutors-probe-hsbc-private-bank-in-geneva-for-money-laundering/#comment-3032692 Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:13:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=59256#comment-3032692 I have a hunch that certain distinguished Maltese names are going to crop up.

]]> By: Madoff1 https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/02/swiss-prosecutors-probe-hsbc-private-bank-in-geneva-for-money-laundering/#comment-3032652 Wed, 18 Feb 2015 12:24:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=59256#comment-3032652 The Swiss are risking the credibility of their financial sector, a main component of their GDP, if they do not do this.

]]> By: La Redoute https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/02/swiss-prosecutors-probe-hsbc-private-bank-in-geneva-for-money-laundering/#comment-3032646 Wed, 18 Feb 2015 12:03:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=59256#comment-3032646 Why news media matter
http://www.buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson/hsbc-story-deleted-telegraph-website
https://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/peter-oborne/why-i-have-resigned-from-telegraph
“Would Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs have been much more energetic in its own
recent investigations into wide-scale tax avoidance, had the Telegraph continued to hold HSBC to account after its 2012 investigation? There are great issues
here. They go to the heart of our democracy, and can no longer be ignored.”

]]> By: Daphne Caruana Galizia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/02/swiss-prosecutors-probe-hsbc-private-bank-in-geneva-for-money-laundering/#comment-3032644 Wed, 18 Feb 2015 11:58:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=59256#comment-3032644 http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20150218/local/hsbc-swiss-subsidiary-in-which-malta-based-clients-held-139-accounts-in-laundering-probe.556641

]]> By: La Redoute https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/02/swiss-prosecutors-probe-hsbc-private-bank-in-geneva-for-money-laundering/#comment-3032643 Wed, 18 Feb 2015 11:56:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=59256#comment-3032643 It was a surprise raid, not a mere probe:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/6ee57092-b74c-11e4-8807-00144feab7de,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2F

Swiss prosecutor raids HSBC’s Geneva premises

]]> By: Daphne Caruana Galizia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/02/swiss-prosecutors-probe-hsbc-private-bank-in-geneva-for-money-laundering/#comment-3032642 Wed, 18 Feb 2015 11:37:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=59256#comment-3032642 http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2015-02-18/world-news/Swiss-prosecutors-probe-HSBC-subsidiary-for-money-laundering-6736130836

]]>