Tax data sale chills Swiss-German ties further

A wintery chill has descended on relations between the Swiss and German governments after Berlin said in February 2010 that it was ready to spend €2.5m on a CD full of stolen Swiss bank data – records that could generate hundreds of millions of euros in arrears and fines from tax evaders.

Swissinfo.ch: News Digest, 7.2.10: Swiss face hard choices over bank secrecy http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/Specials/Swiss_banking_secrecy_under_fire/News/Swiss_face_hard_choices_over_bank_secrecy.html?cid=8253342

ESO: Background information: Merkel prepares for Swiss ire over bank data http://www.europeansources.info/record/merkel-prepares-for-swiss-ire-over-bank-data/

Spiegel Online International, 9.2.10: Bank Data Spat Fuels Anti-German Sentiment in Switzerland http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,676559,00.html

Spiegel Online International, 1.2.10: The Swiss Populists' New Enemy No. 1 http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,675309,00.html

Deutsche Welle, 14.2.10: Swiss politician threatens to expose German officials over tax-dodging http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5246368,00.html

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