The SWIFT Affair
The story broke in 2006: Since 9/11, US intelligence services have had access to practically any international money transfer data by infiltrating the SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) network. Banks worldwide transfer money orders and personal customer data through this network. While the surveillance was all-embracing in 2001, it was gradually limited over the course of the last few years. Revealed by the New York Times, the SWIFT affair has had global as well as national implications. While this dissertation first examines the international dimension of the SWIFT surveillance, the analysis mainly focuses on the national repercussions for Switzerland.
Arditi Prize 2010 in International Affairs.
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Informations
- Collection :
- eCahiers
- Mots clés :
- banques suisses, secret bancaire, protection de la vie privée, blanchiment d'argent, finance internationale, terrorisme
- Theme :
- Swiss banking, banking secrecy, privacy protection, money laundering, international finance, terrorism
- Lieux :
- Suisse
- Geographic keywords :
- Switzerland
- Disciplines :
- économie internationale
- Discipline :
- international economics
- Mis en ligne en :
- septembre 2011
- ISBN :
- 978-2-940415-72-4
Sommaire
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Acknowledgements [Texte intégral]
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Abbreviations [Texte intégral]
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Methodology [Texte intégral]
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Introduction [Texte intégral]
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1. The International Dimension of the SWIFT Affair [Texte intégral]
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2. The Implications of the SWIFT Affair for Switzerland [Texte intégral]
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Conclusion [Texte intégral]
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Bibliography [Texte intégral]
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ANNEXE
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Annex 1: The History and Detailed Functioning of SWIFT [Texte intégral]
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Annex 2a - Article (German), Tages-Anzeiger, Montag, 10. November 2008 (application/pdf – 1,6M)
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Annex 2b - Interview (French) RTS Radio Suisse Romande, Forum, 10 novembre 2008 (audio/mpeg – 5,3M)
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À propos de l'auteur
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Johannes Köppel holds a master in International Affairs from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and has studied Economic History in Geneva and Moscow. He was recently awarded with the Mercator Fellowship on International Affairs and has among others worked for the French hedge fund HDF International SA, General Motors and the Swiss Foreign Ministry. In his current position as a delegate for the International Committee of the Red Cross, Johannes Köppel is visiting political prisoners in Uzbekistan.

