A small Swiss bank with a multi-billion dollar portfolio managed to perform money-laundering activities connected to Venezuelan, Russian and Iranian actors for years, until U.S. intervention forced it to shut down. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/26/world/crime-legal/venezuela-iran-swiss-bank/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #switzerland #banking #iran #venezuela #russia #moneylaundering #us #scottbessent
How a dirty money trail from Venezuela to Iran brought down a Swiss bank

MBaer Merchant Bank built a lucrative business charging clients as much as ten times the going rate to process payments that other banks wouldn't handle.

The Japan Times