I noted this in the FT yesterday and did not have time to comment then: The €500 note, beloved by gangsters and Greek savers, is
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The Guardian has reported tonight that: The whistleblower who exposed wrongdoing at HSBC’s Swiss private bank has been sentenced to five years in prison by
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Barclays have been fined £72 million for their failure to apply proper money laundering standards to a single deal, suggested to be worth £52 million
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We all knew the story of HBOS before yesterday’s report. Senior management ran a bank recklessly for its own gain. That’s it. One sentence summarises
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The Guardian, BBC and others have covered an unfolding story of massive VAT evasion as a result of distance selling from China (and maybe other
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The FT has noted this morning that: Moldova’s government collapsed on Thursday as the fallout from a $1bn theft from the country’s banks dragged Europe’s
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The FT reported yesterday that: Billions of pounds of corrupt cash are flowing through the UK’s financial sector, according to an official report that accused
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We now know VW lied about car emissions. And not just lied, but knowingly lied. It  even built the lie into its engine software design.
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According to the Guardian: David Cameron will promise to act against corrupt foreigners who buy up luxury properties in the UK using secretive holding companies
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