Sadly, you're wrong with your conspiracy theory. It's sad because it's not that they don't look closely. They do, but they condone - publicly. HSBC "spent yea

Sadly, you're wrong with your conspiracy theory. It's sad because it's not that they don't look closely. They do, but they condone - publicly. HSBC "spent years committing serious crimes, involving money laundering for terrorists", and there's been no penal prosecution, with the public (let me repeat: public) justification that prosecuting it penally would lead to a too big loss for the economy. There has been some discussion previously. Links here: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/dec/12/hsbc-prosecution-fine-money-laundering http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/dec/12/hsbc-pr... http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/outrageous-hsbc-settlement-proves-the-drug-war-is-a-joke-20121213 http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/outrageo... update: added links