Swiss banks do not hand over his

Banks Finansy09-06-2010 Swiss banks do not pass their lower house of the Swiss parliament rejected the law on banking secrecy, which would allow U.S. authorities to transfer the data from several thousand customers of the bank UBS, suspected of evading taxes. Nationalists and leftists blocked the document in the lower chamber. Debate in Parliament showed live on Swiss television. Against signing the agreement voted 104 members "for" 76 MPs spoke, and another 18 abstained. Against the treaty are the left and extreme right-wing Swiss People's Party. Thus, the deputies did not agree with his colleagues from the Council of States (upper house of parliament) approved the bill last week. The text of the agreement, which may come into effect after the adoption of the law, we are talking about data transfer 4,450 customers of the bank UBS. These people are suspected by U.S. tax authorities for tax evasion. The Bank opened for them to secret offshore accounts. According to experts, it will allow the tax authorities out of 10 thousand secret contributions of American citizens.