委员会的报告称,该行不愿或不能监管其分支机构的业务活动。汇丰银行驻墨西哥支行两年间向美国运送了70亿美元,全然不顾这里面含有毒品资金的警告。该行将文件中的某些信息删除,掩盖被禁止的与伊朗的交易。该行在与据说与国际恐怖主义有关联的沙特和孟加拉国银行交易时,忽略了保护措施。汇丰称将对此道歉,承认错误并改正已经错误的做法。
Syria has dismissed reports of a concerted opposition assault in the center of Damascus. The Syria information minister said security forces had engaged opposition infiltrators and denied reports by opposition activists that fighting was going on in one of the streets. Jim Muir has been monitoring developments.
据悉,反对派协同一致向大马士革中心发动袭击,叙利亚对此表示否认。叙利亚情报部长说,安全部队与反对派渗入者进行交战,但否认反对派活动人士所称的一条大街上发生了战斗。Jim Muir一直在观察事态的进展。
Activist video showed government tanks and troops moving on the main highways into the center of Damascus. The regime is rallying to its own defense. Israeli intelligence says forces have even been stripped from the Golan front to help defend the capital. The rebel Free Syrian Army has declared it Operation Damascus Volcano; and the Muslim Brotherhood, the biggest and most organized opposition group, says the battle now being joined will be decisive.