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==Too Big To Jail?== | ==Too Big To Jail?== | ||
As the ''[[New York Times]]'' put it: "Federal and state authorities have chosen not to indict HSBC, the London-based bank, on charges of vast and prolonged [[money laundering]], for fear that criminal prosecution would topple the bank and, in the process, endanger the financial system."<ref>http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/outrageous-hsbc-settlement-proves-the-drug-war-is-a-joke-20121213</ref> | As the ''[[New York Times]]'' put it: "Federal and state authorities have chosen not to indict HSBC, the London-based bank, on charges of vast and prolonged [[money laundering]], for fear that criminal prosecution would topple the bank and, in the process, endanger the financial system."<ref>http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/outrageous-hsbc-settlement-proves-the-drug-war-is-a-joke-20121213</ref> | ||
Revision as of 13:45, 20 December 2019
 HSBC  (Private bank)      | |
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| Founder | Thomas Sutherland |
| Headquarters | 8 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, United Kingdom |
| Subgroups | • The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation • HSBC Bank plc • HSBC GLT India • HSBC Bank USA • HSBC Bank Malaysia • HSBC Bank Middle East • HSBC Mexico • HSBC Bank Brazil • HSBC Finance |
| Staff | 266,273 |
| Interest of | William Purves |
| Member of | Centre for European Policy Studies/Corporate Members |
| Exposed by | Hervé Falciani, Nicholas Wilson |
| Subpage | •HSBC/Director |
HSBC
Contents
Too Big To Jail?
As the New York Times put it: "Federal and state authorities have chosen not to indict HSBC, the London-based bank, on charges of vast and prolonged money laundering, for fear that criminal prosecution would topple the bank and, in the process, endanger the financial system."[1]
Staff
Staff include various deep politicians.
Employees on Wikispooks
| Employee | Job | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Sherard Cowper-Coles | Chairman of Pitzhanger Manor Trust, | August 2012 |
| Robin Janvrin | HSBC/Senior Advisor | 2008 |
Known member
1 of the 15 of the members already have pages here:
| Member | Description |
|---|---|
| Henri de Castries | "French President of Bilderberg" |
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:HSBC and the sham of Guardian’s Scott Trust | Article | 3 March 2015 | Jonathan Cook | Britain, we are told, is privileged to have two “liberal” media outlets, the BBC and Guardian, that are seen either as neutral or as a leftwing counterbalance to the rightwing agenda of the rest of the media. Here are three illuminating articles and a short video that should help to dispel any such illusions. |
| Document:Introduction Banks | project proposal | June 2018 | Euan Grant | "We shall be approaching a range of international banks and institutions, including the BBA and ABI, together with major accountancy firms. We will use the results of these discussions to inform academia, think tanks and central government in the UK, particularly NCA, HMRC and MOD. We will also seek to put our views and, with permission, those of others into the public domain in a range of countries." |
| Document:The HSBC Cabal | Article | 11 October 2018 | Nicholas Wilson | HSBC paid Lisa Osofsky’s firm $200m a year to monitor the Deferred Prosecution Agreement in the US |
| Document:The Paradise Papers and HSBC. Who | Article | 14 November 2017 | Nicholas Wilson | The corruption surrounding Theresa May's seduction of Saudi Aramco to hold its stock market launch (IPO) at the London Stock Exchange next year has involved bribes, lobbying for HSBC and changing the rules by the FCA |
| File:GreeceLagardeList.pdf | name list | 29 October 2012 | Various |
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