 "The Economist (US)")
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All things to all men - BCCI was a universal bank indeed: a haunt not just of fraudsters but of drug-runners, money-launderers, terrorists - and spies and politicians.
The Economist (US)
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July 27, 1991
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BCCI was a universal bank indeed: a haunt not just of fraudsters but of drug-runners, money-launderers, terrorists-and spies and politicians.
BANK of Credit and Commerce International, the fraud-ridden bank shut by regulators on July 5th, never stops astounding. Three weeks after its closure, the bank has become the centre of umpteen scandals, not to mention some real financial trouble.
Some of these tales are old news given new life by the bank's collapse: its history of laundering drug money, for example, and its secret ownership of American banks. Some ...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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