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Banking Giant HSBC Sheltered Murky Cash Linked to Dictators and Arms Dealers
Ryle, Gerard; Fitzgibbon, Will
http://www.icij.org/project/swiss-leaks/banking-giant-hsbc-sheltered-murky-cash-linked-dictators-and-arms-dealersDate Written: 2015-02-08 Publisher: International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Year Published: 2015 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX17382 Team of journalists from 45 countries unearths secret bank accounts maintained for criminals, traffickers, tax dodgers, politicians and celebrities. Secret documents reveal that global banking giant HSBC profited from doing business with arms dealers who channeled mortar bombs to child soldiers in Africa, bag men for Third World dictators, traffickers in blood diamonds and other international outlaws. |