In reply to sweenyt:
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> That would be interesting, if there was evidence supplied... rather than lots of journalism, which may or may not be based on facts.
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> Have you got a link to any actual reports (i.e. not from journalism, but police/treasury etc links)?
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HSBC have admitted to money laundering and have been fined $1.9bn:
http://www.hsbc.com/news-and-insight/2012/hsbc-announces-settlements-with-a...
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2012/December/12-crm-1478.html
Nobody seriously disputes that HSBC was involved in money laundering in the past, least of all the current senior management.
Similarly, nobody seriously disputes that a whole gaggle of bankers were involved in rigging LIBOR, and have been fined. Quite how and why they haven't been done for fraud is beyond me.