What Attracts In Switzerland?

 

A few years ago the fact of washing was unsealed 150 million dollars belonging to Colombian drug-mafia. Operations on pumping over of capitals were carried out through one of the vice-presidents, who got 1 % of commissions for it (in final analysis a banker was justified by a court concluding, that a defendant did not know the origin of money). Among the clients of Swiss banks appeared also and dictators, making milliards on the robbery of the people, including Duvall, Marcos, Ceausescu, Mobutu.

The corrupted Italian politicians also deposited in Geneva, Zurich and Lugarno at least milliard of dollars. However, much the greatest damage of reputation of Swiss banks inflicted the opened fact of their participation in "washing" of the money amassed by robbery by Nazis at the victims in the years of Second World War.

A referendum on proposal of weakening of bank secrecy took place in May, 1984, to allow to the foreign investigators to have an access to the registration documents on the abacuses of foreign criminals. A referendum said no herein, but such question was put, is a step in correct direction.

The countries of power of Switzerland disturbed by reputation the last years gradually toughened the measures directed against the influx of "dirty" money. A law about the control in a financial sphere from 1990 year set criminal responsibility for Swiss citizens adopting a foreign money and values, not finding out their origin. In 1991 the Federal bank commission forbade (except for some exceptional cases) opening of anonymous accounts and deprived managers of property of right to hide the authentic names of the clients at opening of account. From 1994 year a right to reveal to law enforcement authorities about doubtful clients and transactions was given to the Swiss banks.