Falciani's tax bomb : the man behind the Swiss leaks /

An insightful documentary on the professed HSBC whistleblower Herve Falciani and the global controversy over banking privacy and international tax regulations of the last decade. In 2008, the former employee of HSBC stole over 300,000 bank accounts and distributed them to tax authorities worldwide -...

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Other Authors:	Lewis, Ben, 1966- (Director, Screenwriter), Brugueras, Carles (Producer), Walter, Bettina (Producer), Beetz, Christian (Producer)
Format:	Video
Language:	English French German Greek, Modern (1453-) Spanish
Language Notes:	In English, French, German, Greek, and Spanish, with English subtitles.
Published:	Vienna, Austria : Autlook Filmsales, 2015.
Series:	Academic Video Online
Subjects:	Falciani, Hervé, > 1972- HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) S.A. Tax evasion. Tax havens. Underpayment of taxes. Banks and banking > Corrupt practices > Switzerland. Investments, Foreign > Taxation. Investments, Foreign > Law and legislation > Switzerland. Leaks (Disclosure of information) Whistle blowing. Fraude fiscale. Paradis fiscaux. Banques > Pratiques déloyales > Suisse. Investissements étrangers > Impôts. Fuites (Divulgation d'informations) Alerte professionnelle. Banks and banking > Corrupt practices Investments, Foreign > Law and legislation Investments, Foreign > Taxation Tax evasion Tax havens Underpayment of taxes Whistle blowing Switzerland documentary film. Documentary films Feature films Nonfiction films Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Feature films. Documentaires. Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	An insightful documentary on the professed HSBC whistleblower Herve Falciani and the global controversy over banking privacy and international tax regulations of the last decade. In 2008, the former employee of HSBC stole over 300,000 bank accounts and distributed them to tax authorities worldwide - the biggest leak of secret bank accounts ever. Falciani's list hit the international financial sector like a bomb and changed the course of history.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed June 29, 2020). Originally released as a documentary motion picture in 2015.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (90 minutes)
Playing Time:	01:29:50
Production Credits:	Producers, Christian Beetz, Carles Brugueras ; executive producer, Bettina Walter ; editor, Barbara Toennieshen ; director of photography, Gerardo Milsztein ; music, Paul Eisenach.