The first unambiguous defeat of Swiss bank secrecy came in 2009, when UBS buckled under pressure from US prosecutors. The bank had to pay fines and pass on client information about tax-evading US citizens. Bern was pressured into making this deal legal under Swiss law. Another blow was struck for transparency yesterday, when the Swiss government accepted a broader measure allowing more Swiss banks to give up client information to US prosecutors.
2009年，瑞銀(UBS)向美國司法部門的施壓投降，標志著瑞士的銀行保密制度第一次遭遇慘敗。瑞銀不得不支付罰金，還被迫交出了逃稅美國公民的客戶信息。后瑞士政府被迫修改法律，以便讓瑞銀的這種行為符合瑞士法律。上周，瑞士政府采納了一項影響面更大的舉措，該舉措允許更多瑞士銀行向美國司法部門提供客戶信息。此舉標志著提高銀行業透明度的努力又取得了一項勝利。
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