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Campaigners call for swift action after leak documents reveal a staggering scale of financial corruption
A view across the River Thames of the financial district in Canary Wharf this week
CAMPAIGNERS are urging swift action from ministers in response to revelations that some of the world’s biggest banks may have moved trillions of dollars in dirty money.
A huge cache of leaked US government documents seen by BBC Panorama has unveiled the staggering scale of global financial corruption.
The leak contains more than 2,500 sensitive banking papers which cover transactions involving more than two trillion US dollars.
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