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Offshore: Elmer and the Swiss Bank Secrecy

Offshore: Elmer and the Swiss Bank Secrecy

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 21, 2016

Runtime

1h 42m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Offshore: Elmer und das Bankgeheimnis

Production Companies

Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion, SRF

Director

Werner Swiss Schweizer

Description

While managers of Swiss banks in the USA ruefully apologize for their tax evasions practices and customer data is disclosed to the American authorities, Rudolf Elmer, former auditor at bank Julius Bär, is indicted for violating the Swiss banking secrecy law on the Cayman Islands. Rudolf Elmer: from insider to critic.