Whistleblower makes bank secrets claim

A former Swiss banker Rudolf Elmer planned to disclose secret account information to WikiLeaks on the 17 January 2011. Rudolf Elmer was one of the first people to give controversial data to the website, releasing internal bank documents in 2007.

On the 19 January 2011 Rudolf Elmer was arrested for breaching banking secrecy by giving data to WikiLeaks, just hours after he was found guilty of another secrecy offence.

Swissinfo.ch, 19.1.11: Whistle-blower re-arrested over WikiLeaks CDs http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/Whistle-blower_re-arrested_over_WikiLeaks_CDs.html?cid=29286464

BBC News, 19.1.11: Swiss banker Elmer re-arrested over Wikileaks charges http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12234139

Deutsche Welle, 19.1.11: Swiss 'WikiLeaks' banker fined for giving away secret client data http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14775444,00.html

The Guardian, 17.1.11: Julian Assange vows to reveal tax details of 2,000 wealthy people http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jan/17/julian-assange-tax-wikileaks-swiss

BBC News, 17.1.11: Wikileaks given data on Swiss bank accounts http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12205690

Website: The Frontline Club http://frontlineclub.com/

Deutsche Welle, 16.1.11: Former Swiss banker poised to give account details to WikiLeaks http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14770170,00.html

Swissinfo.ch: Specials: Rebuilding the financial sector: Spotlight on banking secrecy http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/Specials/Rebuilding_the_financial_sector/Spotlight_on_banking_secrecy.html?cid=28255950

Swissinfo.ch: Politics: politics: Society needs whistle-blowers, December 2010 http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/Society_needs_whistle-blowers.html?cid=28946382

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