by Hans-Jurgen Schlamp 27 nov 2009: As part of the war on terror, American intelligence services have been monitoring European bank transactions since 2001. When the EU found out about it in 2006, they were outraged. But now it looks like the bloc will ag
The move of SWIFT the data server to Switzerland would be an excellent opportunity to stop the nearly unlimited access of US authorities on EU bank transactions. But EU justice and interior minister are apparently keen agree a deal as soon as possible, on
"I can tell you the 'Terrorism Finance Tracking Program' (TFTP) provided support to the Norwegian investigation of that al Qaeda threat," under-secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence Stuart Levey told Brussels journalists in a conference call
Björn Elmbrant: "När politiken alltså knappast kan lindra krisen alls, kom ändå amerikanska riksbanken, Federal Reserve, igår kväll till undsättning med ett gigantisk stimulanspaket för den amerikanska ekonomin. Riksbanken ska under ett år köpa upp statsp