Tuesday, December 11, 2012

12-12-11 US Banking on Criminality - HSBC apologizes for "past mistakes", pays USD 1.9 billion in "settlement" for money laundering, nobody held accountable...

The biggest heist in human history continues under patronage of the US government.

REMINDER:
  • The 2011 Global Commission on Drug Policy report criticized the US on the War on Drugs, declaring "The global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world." 
  • In 2009 United Nations High Commissioner for Crime Prevention opined that had the US government stopped money laundering for Latin cartels, the US banking system would have collapsed for insolvency. "Inter-bank loans were funded by money that originated from the drugs trade and other illegal activities... There were signs that some banks were rescued that way."
Racketeering is no longer a hobby of the US government (CIA drug trafficking, Iran-Contra, etc), but a survival skill...

LINKS:
[1] Global banks are the financial services wing of the drug cartels, Guardian, UK, 21 July 2012 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/21/drug-cartels-banks-hsbc-money-laundering
[2] On Drugs, Report of the Global Commission on Drug Policy, June 2011
http://www.globalcommissionondrugs.org/wp-content/themes/gcdp_v1/pdf/Global_Commission_Report_English.pdf

[3] How a big US bank laundered billions from Mexico's murderous drug gangs, Guardian UK, 3 April 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/03/us-bank-mexico-drug-gangs
[4] Wall Street Is Laundering Drug Money and Getting Away with It, Alternet, July 15, 2010
http://www.alternet.org/story/147564/wall_street_is_laundering_drug_money_and_getting_away_with_it
[5] Drug money saved banks in global crisis, claims UN advisor, Guardian, 13 December 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2009/dec/13/drug-money-banks-saved-un-cfief-claims
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BBC

HSBC has admitted its money laundering controls have been too lax


HSBC to pay $1.9bn in US money laundering settlement

HSBC has confirmed it is to pay US authorities $1.9bn (£1.2bn) in a settlement over money laundering, the largest paid in such a case.
The UK-based bank was alleged to have helped launder money belonging to drug cartels and nations under US sanctions.
Earlier this year HSBC admitted having poor money laundering controls following a US Senate investigation.
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