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This article was published on February 9, 2015 at 08:59.
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From the king of Morocco to sports stars and Hollywood: the French newspaper Le Monde and, followed by several Italian and international media have published the list this morning, now public, evaders around the world with secret accounts in Switzerland at the bank HSBC Private Bank in Geneva, a treasure taken from the IRS for 180 billion euro.
The revelation takes place through access to data stolen by Herve Falciani, computer expert former employee of the bank: for years these files have been known only to justice and some tax administration, are now in the newspapers.
Rossi, Briatore and Valentino list
Christened ‘SwissLeaks “, the operation offers a journey into the heart of tax evasion, which highlights all means used to hide money and evade taxation.
Among the actors John Malkovich and Gadd Elmaleh, mate Charlotte, daughter of Caroline of Monaco, then the King of Morocco Mohammed VI, the singer Phil Collins, the star of Formula 1 Fernando Alonso, then Italians Valentino Rossi, Flavio Briatore, the fashion designer Valentino.
The “list Falciani”
According to Le Monde, of EUR 180.6 billion would be passed, in Geneva, on the accounts of more than 100 thousand customers and HSBC 20 thousand offshore companies, between 9 November 2006 and 31 March 2007. Customers Italian would be 7 thousand. A period corresponding to that of “Falciani list”, the archive dell’informatico French who provided the data to the tax authorities of thousands of tax evaders stolen from his employer. Over 5.7 billion would have been disguised by HSBC in tax havens only on behalf of French customers. The lists are among other arms dealers and drug users, funders terrorist organizations, politicians, stars of show business, sports stars or famous industrial. All eager to conceal their belongings to the IRS.
In this purpose, would be “encouraged” by the Executive Committee of HSBC to better hide their money away in offshore structures, usually based in Panama or in the British Virgin Islands. In maxi-investigation worldwide, explains Le Monde, were mobilized 154 journalists from 47 countries, emissaries of 55 average. HSBC Private Banck, the political and judicial authorities in Switzerland since the lawsuit contesting the figures of the French tax authorities and justice, in addition to the lawfulness of the use of the data, remember, come from a theft.
The mea culpa of HSBC
Meanwhile, the British bank HSBC has admitted the mistakes of its Swiss subsidiary. “We accept and take responsibility for past failures with respect to the rules and procedures of control,” replied the British bank in a statement. HSBC says that the Swiss subsidiary was not totally incorporated to the group after the purchase in 1999 and therefore the levels of compliance with the rules were “significantly lower” than the norm.
Valls: determined to fight against tax evasion
The French government “is absolutely determined to fight against tax fraud and tax havens,” he assured today the prime minister Manuel Valls interviewed on Europe 1.
“I list data from HSBC, available to the administration, have been used to the hilt. In total about 2,300 inspections were carried out by the tax, were lodged 103 complaints to the most problematic cases and were required substantial compensation to affected taxpayers, “said Manuel Valls.
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