Swiss banks under pressure
Swiss banks are under fire as the US Justice Department demands the names of 52,000 Americans holding secret accounts. Its part of a wide-ranging probe to catch tax evaders but it is also putting enormous pressure on one already troubled Swiss bank: UBS. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports.
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