Swiss bank accounts News

Swiss bank accounts News From AOL News

Rudolf Elmer: 5 Facts on the Swiss WikiLeaks Informant

Rudolf Elmer admits that he's made some "big mistakes." Among his legal missteps, Elmer supplied WikiLeaks with confidential documents on wealthy tax evaders. Zurich's Regional Court found the former Swiss banker guilty of that offense on Wednesday. Judge Sebastian Aeppli fined Elmer over 6,000 Swiss francs ($6,000),...

Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier Detained: 5 Facts About Haiti's Ex-Dictator

Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier was detained at a Port-au-Prince hotel by the Haitian National Police today, but it's not clear what charges he is facing. Duvalier has been living in exile in France since 1986, when he fled Haiti after a mass uprising. International human rights organizations,...

WikiLeaks Handed Data on Secret Swiss Bank Accounts

LONDON -- A former Swiss banker today supplied anti-secrecy site WikiLeaks with two CDs containing account details on more than 2,000 high-profile politicians, celebrities, crime bosses and multinationals suspected of tax evasion. Swiss whistle-blower Rudolf Elmer -- the former chief operating officer of the Cayman...

Turkish PM Threatens to Sue US Over WikiLeaks

ISTANBUL, Turkey (Dec. 1) -- Turkey's prime minister said today he would sue U.S. diplomats who accused him of corruption and of possessing eight Swiss bank accounts in documents released by WikiLeaks, saying apologies were not enough. "My friends are working [to take action] against these diplomats in terms of national...

Swiss Sputter as Merkel Buys Stolen Bank Data

BERLIN (Feb. 2) – Angela Merkel is set to pay almost $3.5 million to a whistle-blower for a list of alleged German tax evaders stashing money in Swiss banks, but the German chancellor may be getting more than she bargained for. Germany's decision to purchase the list, allegedly stolen from a Swiss bank, has ignited...

Background on Swiss bank accounts

All banks in Switzerland are regulated by Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), which derives its authority from a series of federal statutes.

more at wikipedia »