FinCEN Files show trillions in tainted dollars flow freely through major banks
>"For some financial institutions, the problem client is another bank."<p>The entire global financial system -- exists outside of the jurisdiction of one central government or investigative authority.<p>Opinion (and this is only one man's opinion):<p>I believe the entire global financial system must (in the future or far future) become <i>transparent from top to bottom</i> -- with the ability for any citizen of the world to observe any transaction made by any fellow citizen the world in realtime.<p>The world will not change (and everything in this article will just recur again and again, but with different actors) unless this happens.<p>Yes, I realize that this is a minority opinion.<p>Yes, I realize that 99% of people living on the earth at this point in time would disagree with me.<p>Yes, I realize there would be huge technical challenges and obstacles with implementing this.<p>Yes, I realize that it could not be done overnight, that it might take many years or even a lifetime, for various reasons.<p>And yes, I realize I will probably be attacked by many for this opinion.<p>But nonetheless, that's my opinion.<p>History will always repeat itself unless we learn from it.<p>These problems will recur again and again in the future -- just with different actors and different banks...<p>These problems have recurred historically -- just with different actors and different banks...