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Ex-Swiss banker gives WikiLeaks new trove of financial secrets - The Globe and Mail
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange took possession today of thousands of new documents revealing the private banking details of the world’s richest hedge fund managers, corporations and wealthy individuals who squirrel away money in off-shore banking havens to avoid paying tax. Mr. Assange, on bail in London and fighting extradition to Sweden, said his team would study the “means, motives and opportunity” of people cited in the documents before handing over relevant information to the Serious Fraud Office, the U.K. financial investigator. He promised full disclosure on Wikileaks Web site once the information is verified by the Web site’s staff. Mr.
Julius Baer Group - Swiss Private Bank - the leading Swiss private banking group - Julius Baer Group
Julius Baer Next Generation focuses on the world of tomorrow and beyond. Which future trends will determine the progress of mankind, have global implications and ensure economic prosperity?A secretive Swiss bank landed an apparently novel censorship blow against the internet this week. Anyone who tried to call up wikileaks.org, a global website devoted to publicising leaked documents, found themselves frustrated. The site simply wasn't there any more. The Julius Baer bank in Zurich succeeded in hamstringing the shadowy individuals behind the website by the simple trick of moving not against them, but against a US company that hosted their domain name.
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Swiss banker who helped WikiLeaks faces trial - Yahoo! News
Julius Baer Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Julius Bär Group Ltd. (or Julius Baer Group , SIX : BAER ) is the leading Swiss private banking group which is the parent company of Bank Julius Baer, a traditional private bank based in Zurich , Switzerland. The firm dates itself back to the year 1890, when an exchange office was founded by Ludwig Hirschhorn und Theodor Grob. Joseph Michael Uhl and Julius Bär joined in 1896, when Theodor Grob left.
Swiss banker who helped WikiLeaks faces trial - FoxNews.com
GENEVA – A Swiss banker whose actions caused a U.S. judge to briefly shut down WikiLeaks three years ago goes on trial next week for distributing confidential documents. Rudolf Elmer has been ordered to appear before a Zurich regional court on Jan. 19 to answer charges of coercion and violating Switzerland's strict banking secrecy laws. If convicted, he could be sentenced to up to three years in prison and fined. Elmer's release of files from the Swiss-based bank Julius Baer's offshore operations in the Cayman Islands prompted a U.S. judge to temporarily shut down WikiLeaks in 2008. The order was lifted following complaints from free speech groups and media organizations.Rudolf Elmer in Mauritius: “Well-known pillars of society will hold investment portfolios and may include houses, trading companies, artwork, yachts, jewellery, horses, and so on.” Photograph: Rene Soobaroyen for the Guardian 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 tomorrow by the most important and boldest whistleblower in Swiss banking history, Rudolf Elmer, two days before he goes on trial in his native Switzerland. 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.
Swiss whistleblower Rudolf Elmer plans to hand over offshore banking secrets of the rich and famous to WikiLeaks | Media | The Observer
What follows is our live-blog of the press conference from sources who were in the room. It appears in reverse chronological order, with the most recent items first. To read it as it unfolded, start at the bottom of the cluster and work your way up. In the below pic, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange poses with one of the two discs of information from Swiss banking whistleblower Rudolf Elmer. Although he and Elmer will now hand the information over to the authorities, in effect challenging them not to act, both head off to face the music.
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WikiLeaks given 2000 secret bank files
THE Swiss whistleblower Rudolf Elmer has provided WikiLeaks with two CDs containing information on more than 2000 bank clients suspected of tax evasion. The disks were handed over in London last night to the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange. They are said to contain secret bank details of clients, including politicians, multinationals, hedge funds and organised-crime figures.
Swiss whistle-blower and former banker Rudolf Elmer has given WikiLeaks information about bank accounts of more than 2,000 prominent individuals, potentially exposing tax evasion, the BBC reports. The data is not yet available on WikiLeaks, but it was publicly given on two discs by Elmer to WikiLeaks founder and owner Julian Assange at a press conference in London this morning. The data needs to be vetted before it gets released, and some of it will likely be handed over to the authorities.
WikiLeaks to Release Secret Swiss Bank Account Info
London (CNN) -- A Swiss whistle-blower Monday handed over what he said were secret Swiss banking records to WikiLeaks, the website dedicated to revealing secrets. He said about 2,000 clients' records were included, but that because of the way trusts and corporations are set up, he could not determine how many individuals were involved. New WikiLeaks whistleblower 101: WikiLeaks revealed WikiLeaks in review