Explore the Swiss Leaks Data

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Post by anigbrowl » Mon, Feb 09, 2015, 8:17 AM UTC

Explore the Swiss Leaks Data
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Re: Explore the Swiss Leaks Data

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Post by linux_devil » Mon, Feb 09, 2015, 8:59 AM UTC

Cannot see full list somehow . But thanks for uploading . Why not give full raw data . Headline is little misleading .

Re: Explore the Swiss Leaks Data

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Post by kshatrea » Mon, Feb 09, 2015, 9:04 AM UTC

This is a big story in Indian news today. The current prime minister, Narendra Modi was elected partly because he promised to bring black money that was stashed abroad, back to the country. A Herculean task and one that he hasn't done much about so far. It interests me how this information can be used against the relevant people. Will it be a mere name-and-shame or can they use a leaked source in a court of law? I don't think so. People in many countries avoid taxes and in India this is especially egregious since close to 97% of the population does not pay any income taxes[1]. For a population of 1.25 billion with 400m below the poverty line, this is not good. [1] http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-11-04/news...

Re: Explore the Swiss Leaks Data

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Post by chkuendig » Mon, Feb 09, 2015, 9:07 AM UTC

Most client & account data from 1988-2007; amounts from 2006-07.

Seems like this is the same dataset which Falciani leaked to the french authorities 5 years ago: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herv%C3%A9_Falciani

Edit: See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagarde_list - this list has already a quite interesting history.

Re: Explore the Swiss Leaks Data

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Post by LunaSea » Mon, Feb 09, 2015, 9:12 AM UTC

Is there any raw data that can be downloaded ?

Re: Explore the Swiss Leaks Data

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Post by jsprogrammer » Mon, Feb 09, 2015, 9:14 AM UTC

This doesn't appear to be the leaked data, but rather curated profiles of some of the people referenced in the supposedly leaked data.

Am I missing something?

Re: Explore the Swiss Leaks Data

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Post by junto » Mon, Feb 09, 2015, 9:18 AM UTC

chkuendig wrote: post #4

Most client & account data from 1988-2007; amounts from 2006-07. Seems like this is the same dataset which Falciani leaked to the french authorities 5 years ago: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herv%C3%A9_Falciani Edit: See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagarde_list - this list has already a quite interesting history.

It is the Hervé Falciani leak. See the Guardian coverage: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/feb/08/hsbc-files-e...

  The origin of the leak The HSBC files were obtained through an international 
  collaboration of news outlets, including the Guardian, Le Monde, BBC Panorama 
  and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

   1 In late 2007, Hervé Falciani, an IT expert at HSBC's Swiss bank, hacked into 
     its customer files. He fled to France with police on his trail for breaching 
     Switzerland's rigid bank secrecy laws.
   2 The French authorities detained him, but refused to extradite him when they 
     realised the data could identify thousands of French tax evaders. Falciani now 
     lives in France under protection.
   3 In early 2010, under finance minister Christine Lagarde, France prepared 
     confidential lists of the leaked names for other countries. The so-called 
     "Lagarde list" led to scandal and arrests in Greece, Spain, the US, Belgium and 
     Argentina.
   4 Britain's tax authority, HMRC, received a list in 2010 from which it identified 
     more than 1,000 tax evaders. More than £135m ($206m) was quietly recovered in 
     repayments, but only one person was prosecuted. There has been no UK legal action 
     against HSBC. Names were never revealed.

Re: Explore the Swiss Leaks Data

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Post by linux_devil » Mon, Feb 09, 2015, 9:26 AM UTC

LunaSea wrote: post #5

Is there any raw data that can be downloaded ?

Raw data will be helpful , I tried to explore couldn't find it.

Re: Explore the Swiss Leaks Data

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Post by bottled_poe » Mon, Feb 09, 2015, 9:30 AM UTC

kshatrea wrote: post #3

This is a big story in Indian news today. The current prime minister, Narendra Modi was elected partly because he promised to bring black money that was stashed abroad, back to the country. A Herculean task and one that he hasn't done much about so far. It interests me how this information can be used against the relevant people. Will it be a mere name-and-shame or can they use a leaked source in a court of law? I do…

Can leaked documents constitute probable cause? If so, further warrants could be obtained to investigate account holders.

Re: Explore the Swiss Leaks Data

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Post by raverbashing » Mon, Feb 09, 2015, 9:31 AM UTC

jsprogrammer wrote: post #6

This doesn't appear to be the leaked data, but rather curated profiles of some of the people referenced in the supposedly leaked data. Am I missing something?

This seems to be biased journalists trying to push their agenda through exposure of private information of selected individuals.