In May 2012, the two children of a Swiss bank employee were questioned by American customs officers for 6 hours. They were not allowed any communication with their family. Imagine the emotions of the boys' relatives at the knowledge, assuming they were warned, that their children had been detained by American customs. As tourists, what were they guilty of? Nothing more than having the parent's name appear o ...

Bank employees and the Swiss Association of Bank Employees (ASEB) are mobilizing for their own protection. With at least eleven Swiss banks being in the sights of the American federal authorities it would seem that these establishments transmitted confidential information on their employees to the American authorities, with the agreement of Bern. ASEB has adopted a resolution supporting these employees, sug ...