2019年经济学人 洗钱

 

The money-laundering scandal that struck Danske Bank last year was staggering.

丹麦丹斯克银行去年爆出的洗钱丑闻令人震惊。

The Danish lender's Estonian branch is suspected of handling up to $230bn of iffy funds from former Soviet¹ states.

这家丹麦银行的爱沙尼亚分行涉嫌经手来自前苏联国家的可疑资金，其数额高达2300亿美元。

Aftershocks are rumbling² under other European banks.

其他欧洲银行也受余震不断。

Shares in Austria's Raiffeisen Bank International tumbled by more than 12% on March 5th after a complaint was filed accusing it

3月5日，奥地利瑞福森国际银行控股股价下跌超过12%，此前有投诉指控该集团

(and, to a lesser³ extent, other Austrian banks) of "gross negligence⁴ or acquiescence⁵" in connection with suspicious flows from Danske.

（以及，在较小程度上，其他奥地利银行）在丹麦丹斯克银行的可疑资金流动中存在“重大过失或默许行为”。

Raiffeisen says it is investigating.

奥地利瑞福森表示其正在调查。

Raiffeisen is just the latest bank to be suspected of channelling dirty money from Europe's eastern fringes.

在涉嫌经手来自欧洲东部边缘的非法钱财的银行中，奥地利瑞福森只是最近被爆出的一家银行。

Helsinkibased Nordea and Sweden's Swedbank are among those embroiled⁶ in the Danske affair.

总部位于赫尔辛基的北欧联合银行以及瑞典的瑞典银行是卷入丹麦丹斯克事件的两家公司。

Swedbank's share price has shed 18% since it was linked to Danske last month.

自上个月卷入丹麦丹斯克事件以来，瑞典银行的股价下滑18%。

Some banks have been stained by a separate scheme, the "Troika Laundromat".

一些银行因另一个单独的计划—“三驾马车洗衣店”，而沾上污点。

European banks caught up in such allegations have lost 20bn euro ($22.6bn) or so in stockmarket value in the past six months.

被卷入这些指控的欧洲银行在过去六个月中损失了200亿欧元（226亿美元）或是股票市值受损。

The sums that may have flowed through other banks are small change by Danske's impressive standards.

按照丹麦丹斯克的标准来看，那些流经其他银行的金额总数只是一些小零钱。

Nordea allegedly handled some 700m euro, while $5.8bn is reported to have moved between Swedbank and Danske.

据称北欧联合银行经手了7亿欧元，而报道称有58亿美元流动于瑞典银行和丹麦丹斯克银行之间。

But investors⁷ have good reasons to be jittery⁸. More suspicious transactions are likely to be unearthed⁹.

但是投资者们有理由提心吊胆。可能还有更多可疑交易未被发现。

Probes are under way in Denmark, Estonia, Britain, France and America. It is the last of these that turns shareholders¹⁰' stomachs.

在丹麦、爱沙尼亚、英国、法国和美国，调查还在进行当中。这是最后一件令股东们心烦意乱的事情。

America does not take money-laundering lightly.

美国很重视洗钱案。

In 2012 it fined HSBC $1.9bn for handling Mexican drug money and installed a monitor for five years.

2012年，因在五年中经手墨西哥毒资和安装监控，美国对汇丰银行罚款19亿美元。

Europe may get tougher too.

欧洲可能也更加严格。

Calls are growing for the European Central Bank or the European Banking¹¹ Authority, an EU agency, to be given more powers over national watchdogs.

要求赋予欧洲中央银行或欧洲银行业管理局（一家欧盟公署）更多权力监管国家监管机构的呼声与日俱增。

Investors might also worry about businesses being closed.

投资者可能也担心公司关门。

Estonia's banking regulator has ordered Danske to shut its branch and return deposits to customers later this year.

爱沙尼亚的企业监管者已经命令丹麦丹斯克在今年年底关闭其分行并将存款返还给客户。

Then there is the interruption that such scandals bring. It is anyone's guess how much time Danske's interim¹² boss, Jesper Nielsen,

这些丑闻也带来了干扰。人人都在猜测丹麦丹斯克临时行长杰斯伯·尼尔森

and his team have had to devote to cleaning up the mess. Such distractions¹³ are rarely good for business.

和他的团队有少时间可以奉献在清理这团混乱上。这种干扰对公司几乎没有益处。

1 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

2 rumbling   

n. 隆隆声, 辘辘声 adj. 隆隆响的 动词rumble的现在分词

参考例句：

• The earthquake began with a deep [low] rumbling sound. 地震开始时发出低沉的隆隆声。
• The crane made rumbling sound. 吊车发出隆隆的响声。

3 lesser   

adj.次要的，较小的；adv.较小地，较少地

参考例句：

• Kept some of the lesser players out.不让那些次要的球员参加联赛。
• She has also been affected,but to a lesser degree.她也受到波及，但程度较轻。

4 negligence   

n.疏忽，玩忽，粗心大意

参考例句：

• They charged him with negligence of duty.他们指责他玩忽职守。
• The traffic accident was allegedly due to negligence.这次车祸据说是由于疏忽造成的。

5 acquiescence   

n.默许；顺从

参考例句：

• The chief inclined his head in sign of acquiescence.首领点点头表示允许。
• This is due to his acquiescence.这是因为他的默许。

6 embroiled   

adj.卷入的；纠缠不清的

参考例句：

• He became embroiled in a dispute with his neighbours. 他与邻居们发生了争执。
• John and Peter were quarrelling, but Mary refused to get embroiled. 约翰和彼得在争吵，但玛丽不愿卷入。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

8 jittery   

adj. 神经过敏的, 战战兢兢的

参考例句：

• However, nothing happened though he continued to feel jittery. 可是，自从拉上这辆车，并没有出什么错儿，虽然他心中嘀嘀咕咕的不安。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
• The thirty-six Enterprise divebombers were being squandered in a jittery shot from the hip. 这三十六架“企业号”上的俯冲轰炸机正被孤注一掷。

9 unearthed   

出土的（考古）

参考例句：

• Many unearthed cultural relics are set forth in the exhibition hall. 展览馆里陈列着许多出土文物。
• Some utensils were in a state of decay when they were unearthed. 有些器皿在出土时已经残破。

10 shareholders   

n.股东( shareholder的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders. 90%的股东出席了会议。
• the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders 公司对股东负有的受托责任

11 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。

12 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

13 distractions   

n.使人分心的事[人]( distraction的名词复数 )；娱乐，消遣；心烦意乱；精神错乱

参考例句：

• I find it hard to work at home because there are too many distractions. 我发觉在家里工作很难，因为使人分心的事太多。
• There are too many distractions here to work properly. 这里叫人分心的事太多，使人无法好好工作。 来自《简明英汉词典》