Why do all high-stakes criminals have Swiss bank accounts?

Answer 1

They don't. Stop watching so much TV.

Answer 2

Are you saying most American politicians have Swiss bank accounts? Can you prove it? Do you know "all" the high-stakes criminals personally? You must: you are claiming to know some really personal, usually well hidden, information regarding "all" the high-stakes criminals!

You are either full of it, and I believe that to be the case, or you are going to need a really good hiding place.

Answer 3

They don't.

A lot of the treatment of "Swiss bank accounts" in the media is pure fiction.

Switzerland is one of the few countries in the world that lets you open a bank account with only a number attached to it, not a name, so they are popular with people who want to hide money.

BUT.... the Swiss banks WILL answer legal court subpoena's from foreign courts IF there is evidence that shows the money in the account is illegally obtained, contrary to what you often see in the movies.

Richard

Answer 4

Switzerland is a neutral country. Therefore people in powerful yet dubious political positions who have made a business out of financially destroying those who threaten their 'world order', or religiously based power position, cannot access these funds by filing political lawsuits against 'high-stakes criminals'.