Swiss Highest Court Rejects French Tax Information Request Due to Stolen Information

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Monday, April 17, 2017

Author:

Bruce Zagaris

Volume:

33

Issue:

4

Abstract:

On April 5, 2017, the Swiss Federal Supreme Tribunal, the Swiss highest court, denied a French request for assistance in investigating a married couple for tax offenses due to the fact that the data leading to the investigation was stolen from HSBC’s Geneva bank, therefore making it inadmissible.