两千名持有瑞士账户希腊人名单曝光_时事

两千名持有瑞士账户希腊人名单曝光

The investigative journalist on trial after embarrassing Greece’s political and business elite by publishing the names of 2,000 Greeks with Swiss bank accounts yesterday stuck to his guns, saying his list showed “how sick the system is.

一名调查记者昨天为自己曝光两千多名拥有瑞士银行帐户的希腊人做了辩护，称他的名单揭露了“整个体系的病态。这次曝光让希腊多名政界和商界精英人士陷入难堪，这名记者正因此面临法庭审判。

Speaking from his office in a rundown shopping mall in Athens, Costas Vaxevanis said the list of accounts held by Greeks at branch of HSBCin Geneva encapsulated a deeply corrupt political culture in Greece. “It is a closed system, with politicians, businessmen and their hangers on controlling what happens, he told the Financial Times as a power outage briefly plunged his office into darkness.

在位于雅典一座破旧购物中心的办公室里，记者科斯塔斯·瓦克斯瓦尼斯(Costas Vaxevanis)说，他曝光的是一份在汇丰(HSBC)日内瓦分行拥有账户的希腊人名单，这份名单让人看到了希腊严重腐败的政治文化。他对英国《金融时报》说：“这是一个封闭的体系，政治家、商人、以及他们的附庸者在控制着一切。采访期间，电力故障一度让瓦克斯瓦尼斯的办公室陷入漆黑之中。

“We acted in the public interest?.?.?.?We know the list is accurate. It refers both to legitimate accounts held by business people and individuals and to others that we believe were used for channelling funds for purposes of tax evasion.