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Feb 2022
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Credit Suisse: a bank for dictators, dru...

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A leak of data from Credit Suisse has shown how it provided services to known criminals and fraudsters for decades. It’s the latest huge scandal to hit the Swiss bank, say investigative reporters Kalyeena Makortoff and David Pegg. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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