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| Hervé Falciani to keep up fight against tax dodgers | Hervé Falciani to keep up fight against tax dodgers |
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| Europe's biggest tax fraud whistleblower, Hervé Falciani – the bank worker behind the so-called Lagarde list of tax avoiders – will continue his fight against HSBC and other banks that may be housing tax opaque money in their Swiss branches, the former computer analyst told a Spanish news portal on Tuesday night. | Europe's biggest tax fraud whistleblower, Hervé Falciani – the bank worker behind the so-called Lagarde list of tax avoiders – will continue his fight against HSBC and other banks that may be housing tax opaque money in their Swiss branches, the former computer analyst told a Spanish news portal on Tuesday night. |
| Falciani, who worked for 10 years at HSBC Private Bank Suisse and took away details on tens of thousands accounts at its Swiss subsidiary, is now working with Spanish prosecutors and living under the constant watch of a police bodyguard. | Falciani, who worked for 10 years at HSBC Private Bank Suisse and took away details on tens of thousands accounts at its Swiss subsidiary, is now working with Spanish prosecutors and living under the constant watch of a police bodyguard. |
| "For security reasons my lifestyle in Spain is limited," Falciani told eldiario.es in his first interview since a Madrid court refused to extradite him to Switzerland. "The more effectively we fight against corruption and opaque financing, the greater the danger to my life." | "For security reasons my lifestyle in Spain is limited," Falciani told eldiario.es in his first interview since a Madrid court refused to extradite him to Switzerland. "The more effectively we fight against corruption and opaque financing, the greater the danger to my life." |
| Falciani explained that before disappearing to Beirut in 2009 with data on what has been estimated at up to 130,000 accounts, he had worked at the bank for a decade. | Falciani explained that before disappearing to Beirut in 2009 with data on what has been estimated at up to 130,000 accounts, he had worked at the bank for a decade. |
| "I was a technical analyst in strategic projects," he said. "The team had to develop computer programmes that were adaptable to the laws and to changes in the law. These days, more and more, the people who understand how the heart of a bank works are the programmers." | "I was a technical analyst in strategic projects," he said. "The team had to develop computer programmes that were adaptable to the laws and to changes in the law. These days, more and more, the people who understand how the heart of a bank works are the programmers." |
| Falciani is now using that knowledge to help Spanish prosecutors pursue tax dodgers who are hiding their money in Switzerland. | Falciani is now using that knowledge to help Spanish prosecutors pursue tax dodgers who are hiding their money in Switzerland. |
| Falciani, whose data is thought to have helped track down hundreds of tax dodgers in Spain and France, refused to name any of the people on his list of HSBC clients in Switzerland. "From my point of view, the most effective thing is to deal with it at source," he said. "My responsibility is to share what I saw within the bank." | Falciani, whose data is thought to have helped track down hundreds of tax dodgers in Spain and France, refused to name any of the people on his list of HSBC clients in Switzerland. "From my point of view, the most effective thing is to deal with it at source," he said. "My responsibility is to share what I saw within the bank." |
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