Hervé Falciani, Swiss HSBC bank secrecy whistleblower 2008 (EN►EN/ES/IT/NL)

Hervé Falciani, Swiss HSBC bank secrecy whistleblower 2008 (EN►EN/ES/IT/NL)

The whistleblower who exposed wrongdoing at HSBC’s Swiss private bank has been sentenced to five years in prison by a Swiss court.

Hervé Falciani, an Italo-French former IT worker, was convicted in his absence for the biggest leak in banking history. He is currently living in France, where he sought refuge from Swiss justice, and did not attend the trial.

The leak of secret bank account details formed the basis of revelations – by the Guardian, the BBC, Le Monde and other media outlets – which showed that HSBC’s Swiss banking arm turned a blind eye to illegal activities of arms dealers and helped wealthy people evade taxes.

Spain’s high court has rejected an extradition request from Switzerland against Hervé Falciani for leaking details of thousands of clients of HSBC’s private bank because this “crime” does not exist in spanish law (fortunately and justly).

Hailed as a hero by some for triggering investigations in several countries, Swiss courts sentenced Falciani in absentia to five years in jail for leaking details of HSBC clients, many of whom he said he suspected were evading tax.

La cassaforte degli Evasori – La caja fuerte de los evasores

Hervé Falciani wrote a book in collaboration with italian journalist Angelo Mincuzzi – Italian and Spanish versions on Amazon.

The tax evaders’ safe

HERVÉ FALCIANI has knocked out Swiss banking secrecy.
It had never happened before that the entire archive of a bank was copied and revealed to public opinion. The famous FALCIANI LIST has shaken the good living rooms of all Europe and continues to disturb the sleep of politicians, bankers, entrepreneurs, sports champions and launderers of enormous sums of money (there are more than ten thousand Italian clients, for a total of 8 billion euros).

Here IN THE FIRST WORLD EDITION the version of the MOST FEARED MAN in Europe, pursued by secret services, magistrates, policemen, a Scarlet Pimpernel version 2.0, a former employee of one of the largest banks in the world, HSBC, through which immense illegal assets linked to drug trafficking and the mafia transit.

HIS STORY he had not yet told: from his first steps at the Monte Carlo casino to the Geneva bank, his escape from Switzerland, the death threats, the fake kidnapping, the trip to Lebanon, the prison in Madrid, the collaboration with Spanish, French and American magistrates (while Italy is waiting on the sidelines for fear that some important name might emerge) which has led to the recovery of hundreds of millions of euros.

ONE ADVENTURE after another culminating in the project of an international network to help the DEEP THROATS who report cases of corruption and tax fraud: he has the keys to blowing up the system and he says so, risking a lot. At stake are his reputation, his family and THE POLITICAL FUTURE OF EUROPE.

The story was reported by the main newspapers around the world, including:

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Also see

The City of London – global center of Bank Secrecy and Black Money

 

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