[wikileaks.org] The CIA and other intelligence agencies have long been interested in
the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecomminications, or
SWIFT. The Society, headquartered in Belgium, is the primary system
used for international, and some national, bank transfers. Whoever
controls SWIFT has access to the full details of millions of yearly
bank transfers, including, banks, time, names, amount and account
numbers. Since 2002 the US government entered into a secret agreement
to acquire SWIFT records.
Data handed over each year [to the CIA] by the Society for
Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, or Swift, includes the
details of an estimated 4.6 million British banking transactions.[1][2]
This document (see below) presents a new classified draft Council of
the European Union decision on the "processing and transfer of
Financial Messaging Data" from the EU to the US, as part of the
"Terrorist Finance Tracking Programme". The 24 paged draft, dated 10th
of November 2009, if agreed to, will have substantial impact on the
European SWIFT banking system and the privacy of European financial
data.
See EU to hand over financial transactions data to US government for analysis.
Analysis
EU to hand over financial transactions data to US government
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