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> In other words, Swiss banking is not anymore the one described in movies where you could come with 1M€ in cash, open an anonymous account and be done. what y
by DyslexicAtheist 6y ago
> In other words, Swiss banking is not anymore the one described in movies where you could come with 1M€ in cash, open an anonymous account and be done.
what you say reflects what I've read in the past few years on offshore tax crimes[0][1]. the OECD white/black/grey-list regulations are in reality a way to shift power from existing jurisdictions to US.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_as_a_tax_haven https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_as_a_tax_haven
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_Islands:_Tax_Havens_and_the_Men_Who_Stole_the_World https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_Islands:_Tax_Havens_a...
- BrandoElFollito 6y agoI cannot stop thinking that the US have become a real global bully. They are using their financial power to force other nations their way, or to apply extraterritorial jurisdiction. For that they are using either the fact that there are foreign companies that do business on the US ground and they will be punished if their country does not follow the US decisions (EU presence in Iran is an example), or they will block their USD transactions. The EU is to weak to be a counterweight, China is probably the real competitor. All in all, I prefer to be under US rules than China, but this is still infuriating.