01068nam a22001337a 4500100001400000245007700014260007600091300000800167520058200175650004200757856011500799942000700914999001300921  aChoto, R.  aZimbabweans Linked to $270 Million Stashed in HSBC Foreign Bank Accounts  aWashingtonbInternational Consortium of Investigative Journalistsc2015  a4p.  aThe article unravels revelations that an  international banking giant HSBC  made huge profits by allegedly engaging in shady deals of over $270 million with some Zimbabwean citizens seven years ago, in the process, disadvantaging the poor nation of much-needed foreign currency. These secret documents, obtained from the French newspaper, Le Monde, by the renowned International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), cover bank accounts up to 2007 said to have allegedly belonged to 198 clients connected to Zimbabwe by birth, or residence, amounting to $272 million.  aMoney Laundering, Secrecy, Off -Shore  uiffoadatabase.trustafrica.org/iff/zimbabweans_linked_to_$270_million_stashed_in_hsbc_foreign_bank_accounts.pdf  cNA  c546d546