Data leak from Swiss bank: People from the intelligence sector from Montenegro linked to the exposed accounts

People from the intelligence sector from Montenegro are connected to accounts that were discovered after a massive data leak from one of the largest private banks in the world, Credit Suisse, OCCRP writes.

No further details are given in connection with Montenegro, and the world media state that the leak exposed the hidden wealth of clients who participated in torture, drug smuggling, money laundering, corruption and other serious crimes. Details of accounts linked to 30.000 Credit Suisse customers from around the world show who owns more than 100 billion Swiss francs with one of the most well-known financial institutions.

The whistleblower forwarded the information to the German newspaper Zdeutsche Zeitung, which shared it with the non-profit journalism group the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and 46 other media organizations around the world, including Britain's Guardian and The New York Times.

The data refer to accounts that were opened from the 1940s to the 2010s, but not the bank's current activities.

The leak shows that Credit Suisse opened accounts and continued to serve not only the ultra-wealthy, but also those with apparently troubled histories that could be confirmed with a simple internet search. Among the biggest revelations was the fact that the bank continued to follow up with customers even after bank officials determined there was suspicious activity related to their finances.