France will submit the files stolen from HSBC in the Swiss courts

The French court agreed to convey 'very soon' to the Swiss judicial files seized earlier this year at the home of Herve Falciani, and requested the investigation into the investment bank HSBC said on Monday 21 December with the Attorney General of Aix-en-Provence, Francis Faletti. 'The prosecutor's office in conjunction with the Department of Justice has reviewed the elements of the request for assistance in Switzerland. There is no particular item which would lead to a lack of transmission, explained the prosecutor.
Switzerland has put pressure on France to retrieve confidential information that Hervé Falciani has stolen between 2006 and 2007 and were used to partially fuel the list of fraudsters held by the French Ministry of Economy. Pending the French decision, Bern has suspended the ratification of a cooperation agreement on tax evasion to come into force in 2010.

In an interview published Sunday in Le Matin, general manager of the bank, Alexandre Zeller, said that the list contained fewer than ten names, suspected by France to tax evasion or money laundering. "The only concrete thing we've seen so far is a list of seven names that showed us the Crown of the Confederation. After verification, we can say that this list contains inaccuracies and inconsistencies. data [Hervé] Falciani (former employee of the bank in Geneva who stole the data) I've seen are either incomplete or contain errors. "

François Faletti recalled that part of the Swiss request had been "executed" earlier this year after a search conducted January 20 at the request of the Swiss authorities. At the time, PV searches and hearings were sent to Swiss authorities. The France forward is now "the other elements in addition" or "files before", said the prosecutor.

These files, which Switzerland accuses Hervé Falciani, a former employee of HSBC, have pirated covered for months by a dispute between Paris and Bern, which recently issued an ultimatum to get them back by Christmas . Investigations Open from these files in France, by the prosecutor of Nice, are related to possible acts of money laundering, while the Swiss investigation was opened to hackers. "We're on two different sites. The investigation will continue on both sides (of the border, editor's note)," said Attorney General.