The offshore bank account details of 2,000 "high net worth individuals" and corporations - detailing massive potential tax evasion - will be handed over to the WikiLeaks organisation in London today by Swiss whistleblower Rudolf Elmer, two days before he goes on trial.
British and American individuals and companies are among the offshore clients whose details will be contained on CDs presented to WikiLeaks at the Frontline Club in London, the Observer reports. These include "approximately 40 politicians", says Elmer, a former chief operating officer in the Cayman Islands and employee of the powerful Julius Baer bank. After his press conference he will return to Switzerland from exile in Mauritius to face trial. The list includes: high net worth individuals, multinational conglomerates and financial institutions such as hedge funds. They are said ...
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