Oct 21, 2022
Switzerland aims to track corporate ownership in attempt to curb money-laundering
Facing international pressure to shed light on shadowy corporate ownership, government plans to reveal who actually owns legal entities.
Facing international pressure to shed light on shadowy corporate ownership, government plans to reveal who actually owns legal entities.
ICIJ and the Global Alliance for Tax Justice among nominees that also include Committee to Protect Journalists, Russian dissident Alexei Navalny and climate activist Greta Thunberg.
A landmark ruling against the beneficiary of an undeclared Swiss bank account could be a breakthrough moment for authorities hunting hidden wealth.
Switzerland’s HSBC Private Bank admitted to encouraging wealthy Americans to hide $1.26 billion in assets from U.S. tax authorities.
The former head of the bank's private Swiss unit has been fined for his part in helping wealthy clients hide $1.8 billion from French authorities.
ICIJ member Oliver Zihlmann is part of a team of investigative reporters working to bring change to one of the most important tax havens in the world.
A new mass data leak, this time from an elite law firm with elite clients, shows how deeply offshoring is embedded in the global financial system.
HSBC has agreed to pay $352 million to settle charges that it helped wealthy clients of its private Swiss bank evade taxes in France.
A judge has ruled that a report on HSBC's attempts to fix compliance issues should be public, despite resistance from both the bank and the government.
A former head of the embattled bank and current member of Britain’s House of Lords has conceded compliance failures at the bank’s Swiss branch.
Four months after a historic police raid, Geneva's prosecutor dropped a criminal probe into HSBC, but left the bank with a warning.
Belgian authorities have reportedly investigated about 1000 client accounts from HSBC’s Swiss branch.
Europe’s Swiss bank account holders will have their information automatically shared with their home country under a new tax transparency agreement.
The heiress to a major fashion empire has been sentenced to prison for tax evasion in the first of 50 cases expected in France.
Prosecutors are expanding a criminal investigation to include the bank's global operations, as tax policy becomes a UK election issue.
Banking giant HSBC continues to face questions about its ability to block transactions that facilitate law breaking.
A former HSBC boss and current UK politician has denied “being asleep” at the wheel of the bank, as authorities continue building cases against HSBC.
HSBC's leaders faced another session of intense questioning in the UK as the fallout over Swiss Leaks continues.
HSBC’s chief and chairman have conceded the Swiss Leaks scandal has caused “horrible reputational damage” during a UK hearing on the issue.
Britain mulls new laws against tax evasion, as HSBC chief's own private Swiss bank account is revealed.
Swiss prosecutor opens an investigation into allegations of “aggravated money-laundering” following ICIJ's Swiss Leaks revelations.
The global banking giant HSBC has issued a formal apology via full-page newspaper ads in the UK, but faces more investigations.
The bank will face committee investigations in the UK, and politicians in the US are weighing Loretta Lynch's attorney general nomination.
Pressure is intensifying in multiple countries, as prosecutors consider charging the bank, and governments face questions.
Public officials across the globe have condemned the behavior of HSBC, and have called for new investigations, laws, and crackdowns.