“SwissLeaks is only the tip of the iceberg,” according Falciani – The Obs

"SwissLeaks is only the tip of the iceberg," according Falciani – The Obs

“SwissLeaks” may just be the beginning. Journalists have revealed the significant tax fraud system of the Swiss subsidiary of HSBC had access to the “tip of the iceberg,” says Tuesday, February 10 at the “Parisien” the former computer Franco Italian HSBC Hervé Falciani.

The whistleblower, covered by a warrant issued by the Swiss internationnal for breach of banking secrecy, says that journalists have had access to “part” of the information he passed on to the French state. “The tax administration took much more,” he added.

The French banks “concerned”

Asked 106,000 individual customers as “Le Monde” said he detected, Hervé Falciani says, “this is just the tip of the iceberg … there was even more than what has been journalists Several million. transactions [among banks, Ed] are also listed in the documents that I provided. These figures give an idea of ​​what may be the bottom of the iceberg. “

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the Swiss branch of HSBC bank is at the center of a vast scandal after several newspapers had ensured she had helped some of his clients, including wealthy industrialists and politicians, to hide billions of dollars to avoid them pay taxes.

According to Hervé Falciani, “it is impossible that the major French banks are not concerned” by the tax evasion system. “This is an industry talk. So of course that French banks are well positioned.”

“The real terrorists, This is the world of finance “

Asked about the effectiveness of tax anti-avoidance legislation introduced in France after the Cahuzac affair and the United States, he warned that” regulations will mainly put the package on particular clients who report an account in their own name. It’s the small, the basket bottom. The top rack uses societies, sometimes created fraudulently. “

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He declares for a “financial protection to holders of information of public interest” in order to “promote democracy”.

According to our information, for the first time, three whistleblowers expressly claimed in Bercy consider a payment on behalf of “considerable services they have rendered to the French state.” Among them:. Hervé Falciani

According to Hervé Falciani, tax evasion is “a key issue, which is not still enough relayed”

“Proportionally, there is much talk of terrorism,” he adds. “But the starving, the real terrorists, those affecting hundreds of millions of people, the world of finance.”

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