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How Swiss Bank Accounts Work

This article aims to dispel myths propagated in popular culture (such as James Bond movies and “The Da Vinci Code”) about the operation of Swiss bank accounts. “People who live in countries with unstable governments and banks in particular often turn to Swiss banks because of their security and privacy.” Topics include private versus retail banking, Swiss bank account advantages, history, regulations, numbered accounts, and opening an account. From HowStuffWorks.

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Swiss Banking

Questions and answers about the Swiss banking system. Topics include whether a Swiss bank account can be opened entirely via the Internet, the difference between “anonymous” and “numbered” accounts, the safety of Swiss banks, and how “secret” Swiss banks are (”rights to privacy can be suspended when a criminal investigation is underway”). Includes links to related issues such as client confidentiality. From the Swiss Bankers Association.

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Treasury Announces Mutual Agreement With Switzerland Regarding Tax Information Exchange

This 2003 press release describes how U.S. and Swiss authorities are working “to ensure that no safe haven exists anywhere in the world [such as in Swiss bank accounts] for the funds associated with illicit activities, including tax evasion.” Includes the text of the Mutual Agreement under the current U.S.-Swiss Income Tax Convention, and letters from American and Swiss officials. From the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

URL: http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/kd3795.htm

LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/28124

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Government

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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District
Website for this U.S. Army Corps of Engineers district whose “borders follow the edges of four river basins — Mississippi River, Red River of the North, Souris River and Rainy River.” Find details about the district’s operation of dams and locks in the region, emergency response (including floods in 2009, 2001, and 1997, and the I-35W bridge collapse of 2007), and other projects in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Iowa.

URL: http://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/

LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/28172

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[CottonBall]

This 2003 press release describes how U.S. and Swiss authorities are working “to ensure that no safe haven exists anywhere in the world [such as in Swiss bank accounts] for the funds associated with illicit activities, including tax evasion.”

Well, hell. There's no point then....