https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A Spanish court ruled on Tuesday against extraditing Hervé Falciani, a former HSBC analyst who leaked documents alleging widespread tax evasion, to Switzerland. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180918/spain-rejects-extraditing-swiss-leaks-herv-falciani Tue, 18 Sep 2018 14:33:54 +0200 spain-rejects-extraditing-swiss-leaks-herv-falciani Swiss bank whistleblower Hervé Falciani, currently out on bail after being arrested recently by Spanish police at the request of Switzerland, has spoken out against the Swiss justice system. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180409/i-dont-believe-in-swiss-justice-hsbc-whistleblower-falciani Mon, 09 Apr 2018 15:57:35 +0200 i-dont-believe-in-swiss-justice-hsbc-whistleblower-falciani UPDATED: A Spanish judge on Thursday released on bail Hervé Falciani, a former HSBC computer analyst detained in Madrid at the request of Switzerland for leaking documents alleging widespread tax evasion, a judicial source said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180405/spanish-judge-to-decide-whether-to-release-swiss-bank-whistleblower Thu, 05 Apr 2018 14:40:16 +0200 spanish-judge-to-decide-whether-to-release-swiss-bank-whistleblower Spanish police on Wednesday detained Herve Falciani, a former computer analyst at the Swiss branch of HSBC who leaked documents alleging the bank helped clients evade millions of dollars in taxes, a police source said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180404/hsbc-whistleblower-herve-falciani-arrested-in-spain-on-swiss-warrant Wed, 04 Apr 2018 22:43:44 +0200 hsbc-whistleblower-herve-falciani-arrested-in-spain-on-swiss-warrant The Italian government says it is set to rake in at least €3.8 billion ($4 billion) after tax dodgers took advantage of an amnesty deal to declare money and assets hidden abroad — mostly in Switzerland. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151210/italians-claim-taxes-from-hidden-swiss-accounts Thu, 10 Dec 2015 10:10:44 +0100 italians-claim-taxes-from-hidden-swiss-accounts Hervé Falciani, the former HSBC employee whose disclosures uncorked the "Swissleaks" scandal on bank-supported tax evasion, has been sentenced in absentia in Switzerland to five years in prison. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151129/hsbc-data-leaker-jailed-in-absentia-by-swiss-court Sun, 29 Nov 2015 15:38:34 +0100 hsbc-data-leaker-jailed-in-absentia-by-swiss-court A former HSBC employee who leaked documents alleging the bank helped clients evade millions of dollars in taxes failed again to show up for his Swiss trial Monday, which opened in his absence. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151102/trial-of-hsbc-data-leaker-starts-in-his-absence Mon, 02 Nov 2015 13:08:11 +0100 trial-of-hsbc-data-leaker-starts-in-his-absence A former HSBC employee who leaked documents alleging the bank helped clients evade millions of dollars in taxes said on Wednesday that he would not attend his trial in Switzerland because he would not get a fair hearing. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151028/hsbc-data-leaker-thumbs-nose-at-swiss-court Wed, 28 Oct 2015 17:53:11 +0100 hsbc-data-leaker-thumbs-nose-at-swiss-court A trial in Switzerland has been adjourned against Hervé Falciani, the former IT worker from the HSBC Private Bank in Geneva who leaked data about thousands of suspected tax evaders. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151012/court-case-adjourned-against-bank-data-thief-falciani Mon, 12 Oct 2015 12:51:00 +0200 court-case-adjourned-against-bank-data-thief-falciani Swiss prosecutors on Thursday closed an investigation into allegations British banking giant HSBC's Geneva branch helped clients evade millions of dollars in taxes, after the bank agreed to pay tens of millions in compensation. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150604/hsbc-pays-penalty-to-avoid-swiss-prosecution Thu, 04 Jun 2015 18:01:59 +0200 hsbc-pays-penalty-to-avoid-swiss-prosecution Scandal-hit global bank HSBC on Tuesday posted rising quarterly profits, but added regulators have requested more information about its controversial Geneva-based private bank. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150505/swiss-branch-issues-cloud-positive-hsbc-results Tue, 05 May 2015 20:37:49 +0200 swiss-branch-issues-cloud-positive-hsbc-results A Paris court on Monday sentenced Nina Ricci's heiress to a year in prison and handed her a million-euro fine for tax fraud involving a Geneva bank, in the first ruling against a famous figure in the SwissLeaks scandal. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150414/nina-ricci-heiress-jailed-in-case-tied-to-swiss-bank Tue, 14 Apr 2015 09:59:25 +0200 nina-ricci-heiress-jailed-in-case-tied-to-swiss-bank British banking giant HSBC says it is facing a French criminal probe over its Swiss private banking arm, weeks after "SwissLeaks" allegations it had helped clients hide billions from the taxman. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150409/hsbc-swiss-unit-faces-french-tax-dodge-probe Thu, 09 Apr 2015 20:34:44 +0200 hsbc-swiss-unit-faces-french-tax-dodge-probe The prospect of HSBC’s Swiss Private Bank facing a criminal trial in France over an alleged tax-dodging scheme became more of a reality on Friday after the state prosecutor advised magistrates to proceed. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150313/france-told-to-put-hsbc-private-bank-on-trial Fri, 13 Mar 2015 15:38:22 +0100 france-told-to-put-hsbc-private-bank-on-trial The head of Argentina's tax authority demanded Monday that HSBC bring back $3.5 billion (€3.2 billion) in assets claiming the Swiss branch of the London-based bank helped Argentinian clients move offshore to dodge tax. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150309/argentina-seeks-billions-from-hsbc-over-tax-dodging Mon, 09 Mar 2015 16:57:00 +0100 argentina-seeks-billions-from-hsbc-over-tax-dodging HSBC's boss on Monday fended off criticism about receiving his bonuses through a Swiss bank account held by a Panamanian-registered company, as the banking giant reported a 15-percent drop in annual net profits. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150223/hsbc-boss-defends-swiss-account-as-profits-slip Mon, 23 Feb 2015 17:03:00 +0100 hsbc-boss-defends-swiss-account-as-profits-slip British opposition leader Ed Miliband went on the offensive on Wednesday over an international scandal involving London-based HSBC and its Swiss banking arm, accusing Prime Minister David Cameron of being soft on tax avoidance. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150211/uk-opposition-smells-election-blood-over-hsbc Wed, 11 Feb 2015 23:06:00 +0100 uk-opposition-smells-election-blood-over-hsbc Britain's financial regulator says it had no knowledge of an investigation by tax authorities into allegations that banking giant HSBC helped wealthy customers dodge millions of dollars in taxes through its Swiss private bank. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150211/hsbc-revelations-continue Wed, 11 Feb 2015 10:48:00 +0100 hsbc-revelations-continue Bankers from HSBC's Swiss division held hundreds of often illegal meetings with wealthy clients in 25 countries as part of their efforts to open undeclared accounts for them, Swiss media reported on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150210/hsbc-bankers-met-in-25-countries-over-secret-accounts Tue, 10 Feb 2015 16:00:00 +0100 hsbc-bankers-met-in-25-countries-over-secret-accounts The former HSBC employee in Switzerland who leaked sensational secret documents alleging the bank helped wealthy customers dodge millions of dollars in taxes warned on Tuesday that the revelations are just the "tip of the iceberg". https://www.thelocal.ch/20150210/hsbc-revelations-tip-of-iceberg-whistleblower Tue, 10 Feb 2015 11:27:00 +0100 hsbc-revelations-tip-of-iceberg-whistleblower