Vast leak alleges Credit Suisse accounts held by corrupt officials and criminals
In a data leak of more than 18,000 accounts, a global investigation, with more than 40 news outlets, has uncovered dozens of accounts at Credit Suisse that are allegedly held by corrupt officials, criminals and human rights abusers. Credit Suisse rejects the allegations. The investigation, dubbed “Suisse Secrets”, is said to have found dozens of problematic accounts amounting to over $8 billion in assets. This includes accounts held by key figures implicated in corruption scandals in some of the poorest countries in the world. The global investigation was led by the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) along with more than 40 media outlets around the world. According to OCCRP, no Swiss media group participated in the investigation due to the risk of criminal prosecution. The data was leaked by a self-described whistle-blower. Among the account holders are bureaucrats accused of looting Venezuela’s oil wealth, a...