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Rudolf Elmer: 5 Facts on the Swiss WikiLeaks Informant
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsRudolf Elmer admits that he's made some "big mistakes." Among his legal missteps, Elmer supplied WikiLeaks with confidential documents on wealthy tax evaders. Zurich's Regional Court found the former Swiss banker guilty of that offense on Wednesday. Judge Sebastian Aeppli fined Elmer over 6,000 Swiss francs ($6,000), opting not to impose a prison sentence. But while Elmer has been found guilty, that doesn't change things for WikiLeaks. Julian Assange says that the banking information will be treated as any other document obtained by WikiLeaks, adding that the organization could take several ...
Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier Detained: 5 Facts About Haiti's Ex-Dictator
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsFormer Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier was detained at a Port-au-Prince hotel by the Haitian National Police today, but it's not clear what charges he is facing. Duvalier has been living in exile in France since 1986, when he fled Haiti after a mass uprising. International human rights organizations, citing abuses that took place during his dictatorship, have called for his arrest. In a startling development, Duvalier returned to Haiti on Sunday. He offered no explanation for the sudden visit, but he held meetings with friends and associates, including relatives of Lt. Gen. ...
WikiLeaks Handed Data on Secret Swiss Bank Accounts
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsLONDON -- A former Swiss banker today supplied anti-secrecy site WikiLeaks with two CDs containing account details on more than 2,000 high-profile politicians, celebrities, crime bosses and multinationals suspected of tax evasion. Swiss whistle-blower Rudolf Elmer -- the former chief operating officer of the Cayman Islands subsidiary for Swiss bank Julius Baer -- handed the discs to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at a press conference in London. The data relate to offshore bank accounts allegedly held by individuals and companies from across the world, including the U.S., U.K. and Germany, ...
Turkish PM Threatens to Sue US Over WikiLeaks
By Justin Vela - AOL News
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Dec. 1) -- Turkey's prime minister said today he would sue U.S. diplomats who accused him of corruption and of possessing eight Swiss bank accounts in documents released by WikiLeaks, saying apologies were not enough. "My friends are working [to take action] against these diplomats in terms of national and international law," Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, according to Turkey's English-language Hurriyet Daily News. "We will continue this process there." On Monday, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu acknowledged that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had apologized to ...
Swiss Sputter as Merkel Buys Stolen Bank Data
By William Boston - AOL NewsBERLIN (Feb. 2) – Angela Merkel is set to pay almost $3.5 million to a whistle-blower for a list of alleged German tax evaders stashing money in Swiss banks, but the German chancellor may be getting more than she bargained for. Germany's decision to purchase the list, allegedly stolen from a Swiss bank, has ignited a diplomatic row with Switzerland and a political backlash against Merkel among the rank and file of her conservative party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). It emerged over the weekend that the German government was negotiating with an unknown informant who claimed to ...
U.S. Lets Swiss Banking Giant UBS Off the Hook
By Joann M. Weiner - Politics DailyTraditions die hard. Since the founding of the Swiss Confederation in 1291, Switzerland has protected the privacy of its financial accounts. It may be the world's most secretive banking jurisdiction, with a vaunted ability to protect its depositors from unwanted prying. Switzerland converted this tradition to law in 1934, when it enacted its strict banking secrecy law. Revealing financial information without the client's consent is prohibited. ...
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