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HSBC Ordered to Monitor Accounts for Terrorism, Money Laundering

As recently as one year ago HSBC refused to provide regulators with international banking information. Sources close to many investigations knew or suspected HSBC was aiding terrorism, money laundering, and other related issues. Taking lessons from predatory lender Household International, now owned by HSBC, the bank simply refused to answer questions. […]

HSBC International Banking Records Now Accessed

What HSBC refuses to reveal now be in the hands of the U.S. government.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government gained sweeping access to international banking records as part of a secret program to choke off financial support for terrorism, officials said Thursday. Treasury Department officials said they used broad subpoenas to collect the […]

HSBC Terrorism Involvement

June 1 (Bloomberg) — From their offices atop Tehran’s 15- story Sayeh Tower, HSBC Holdings Plc bankers have helped lend more than $825 million to the Iranian government, which the U.S. says sponsors terrorism and provided a haven to al-Qaeda members after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. HSBC is doing business in other countries […]

Helzberg Diamonds, Blood Diamonds, Al Qaeda Link?

U.S. Gen. Charles Wald, deputy commander of the European Central Command, has been warning Congress and the Pentagon for months that al Qaeda-affiliated groups are active in Mauritania, Mali, Chad and Niger. The trade in diamonds used by terrorist groups, begun under the protection of former Liberian strongman Charles Taylor, continues despite international efforts to […]