新奇事件簿 汇丰帮助富人藏钱

The BBC says that HSBC, the world's second largest bank, helped rich people to hide money so they would not have to pay tax. A BBC documentary programme got access to the details of thousands of private bank accounts, worth $128 billion, from an HSBC bank in Switzerland. The information was leaked by a whistleblower in 2007. It shows that HSBC helped its wealthy clients to evade¹ tax. The whistleblower was a computer expert working for HSBC in Geneva. He stole the details of more than 100,000 clients worldwide. A French banking² team looked at the stolen data in 2013. It concluded that 99.8% of French citizens on the list were probably evading³ tax.

BBC称世界第二大银行汇丰银行帮助富人藏钱，这样这些人将不用交付税款。BBC的纪录片让我们看到了瑞典汇丰银行的上千个私人银行账户，总价值达到1280亿美金。这条消息是2007年由一位泄密者泄密的。这就表明汇丰银行帮助富人躲避税款。这名泄密者是日内瓦汇丰银行的电脑专家。他偷去了全球超过10名客户的账号。法国的一家银行团队在2013年调查了这些数据。结论是在这份名单中，有99.8的法国人很有可能参与了逃税。

HSBC said the bank has changed a lot since 2007. It said: "HSBC has [put in place] numerous initiatives designed to prevent its banking services being used to evade taxes or launder⁴ money." The Guardian⁵ newspaperin the U.K. said HSBC told its reporters that the bank understood that it failed to follow the law properly. One woman who complained when the bank did not make changes lost her job. Sue Shelley was responsible for making sure HSBC followed the law. The BBC said that when she complained that the bank was not keeping its promise to change, the bank fired her. Panorama⁶ said HSBC is now facing criminal investigations⁷ in theUSA, France, Belgium and Argentina.

汇丰银行称自从2007年起，银行进行了诸多改变。并称：“汇丰已经采取了多种途径来防止银行服务参与逃税或是洗钱行为。”英国卫报称汇丰告诉记者说汇丰对没有按照法律程序进行心知肚明。一名女性抱怨银行没有做出改变，这使她也失去了工作。苏·雪莉负责汇丰的法律工作。BBC说当她提到银行没有按照承诺所说做出改变时，银行解聘了她。纳洛玛说汇丰正在美国、法国、比利时以及阿根廷面临犯罪调查。

1 evade   

vt.逃避，回避；避开，躲避

参考例句：

• He tried to evade the embarrassing question.他企图回避这令人难堪的问题。
• You are in charge of the job.How could you evade the issue?你是负责人，你怎么能对这个问题不置可否？

2 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。

3 evading   

逃避( evade的现在分词 )； 避开； 回避； 想不出

参考例句：

• Segmentation of a project is one means of evading NEPA. 把某一工程进行分割，是回避《国家环境政策法》的一种手段。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• Too many companies, she says, are evading the issue. 她说太多公司都在回避这个问题。

4 launder   

v.洗涤；洗黑钱（把来路可疑的钱弄得似乎合法）

参考例句：

• She wore a freshly laundered and starched white shirt.她穿一件刚刚浆洗熨烫过的白色衬衣。
• The gang launders the steal money through their chain of restaurants.这帮匪徒通过他们的连锁饭店洗赃款。

5 guardian   

n.监护人；守卫者，保护者

参考例句：

• The form must be signed by the child's parents or guardian. 这张表格须由孩子的家长或监护人签字。
• The press is a guardian of the public weal. 报刊是公共福利的卫护者。

6 panorama   

n.全景，全景画，全景摄影，全景照片[装置]

参考例句：

• A vast panorama of the valley lay before us.山谷的广阔全景展现在我们面前。
• A flourishing and prosperous panorama spread out before our eyes.一派欣欣向荣的景象展现在我们的眼前。

7 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。