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Tarnished Image - banks under investigation

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January 8, 2013

Money laundering, tax evasion and manipulating interest rates: around the globe, authorities are taking action against banks. Major players like HSBC and UBS have been ordered to pay billions in penalties. Germany's Deutsche Bank is being investigated for tax evasion. Pictures of police officers searching its Frankfurt headquarters have been disastrous for the bank's image.

Report by Kerstin Schweizer.

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