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The spotlight is on Swiss Banking again

Over the weekend many of the world's biggest newspapers broke a massive story about how the giant Swiss bank Credit Suisse facilitated the hiding of billions of dollars' worth of assets in its accounts. Some of the account holders were oligarchs, drug dealers, and potentates. It’s a huge embarrassment for the bank – which denies any wrongdoing but it shines a spotlight once again on Swiss banking.  Joe spoke to  Richard Murphy from the Tax Justice Network who has spent decades focusing on aggressive tax avoidance and sometimes evasion. Also Kathleen Brooks from Minera FX spoke to Joe about how the market will react to the developing situation in Ukraine. Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'. see more