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Reminds of HSBC - look the othere way... > In a sprawling, low-rise building abutting pasture land in New Castle, Delaware, HSBC’s anti-money laundering staff
by chewz 4y ago
Reminds of HSBC - look the othere way...
> In a sprawling, low-rise building abutting pasture land in New Castle, Delaware, HSBC’s anti-money laundering staff review customer transactions and so-called alerts generated when the bank’s monitoring systems spot a suspicious transaction.
> Former employees in the New Castle office describe a febrile boiler-room environment overseen by managers uninterested in investigating transactions with possible links to drug trafficking, terrorist financing, Iran and other countries under U.S. sanctions, and other illegal activities. Instead, they say, the single-minded focus was on clearing out the paperwork as fast as possible.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hsbc-compliance-delaware-idUSBRE86C18H20120714 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hsbc-compliance-delaware-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everett_Stern#HSBC_Money_laundering_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everett_Stern#HSBC_Money_laund...
- iasay 4y agoThis is similar to how the city of London police financial crimes unit operate.
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- chewz 4y agoLet's not forget about Danske Bank who laundered 200 bilion dollars in Russian money until get caught.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danske_Bank_money_laundering_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danske_Bank_money_laundering_s...