维京群岛遭遇"反洗钱"压力

2014-09-24 18:15:29来源：可可英语

　　Jonathon Clifton, Asia managing director at Offshore Incorporations, said the past two yearshad been “pretty tough” for the industry due to economic and political pressures, but that theBVI had suffered most because of the bank account issue. He said the BVI’s share of themarket for Chinese incorporations had fallen from 80 per cent to 60-65 per cent since 2012.

　　Offshore Incorporations亚洲管理主任乔纳森•克利夫顿(Jonathon Clifton)表示，由于经济和政治压力，过去两年整个行业的处境都“十分艰难”。由于银行账户问题，BVI受到的打击最大。他表示BVI在中国企业中的市场份额已经从2012年的80%，跌至60%到65%。

　　The Seychelles gained 20,747 new incorporations from around the world last year, an annualrise of 24 per cent, said Mr Clifton. New registrations in Samoa rose 38 per cent to 5,648.

　　克利夫顿表示，去年全球新组建公司中，塞舌尔群岛占了20747家，年度涨幅为24%。而在萨摩亚群岛的新注册公司数则增长了38%，达到5648家。

　　Lawyers said HSBC had not explained why BVI was coming under more pressure than placessuch as the Seychelles and Samoa. Mr Clifton said it was targeting the territory partly becauseof the number of times it appeared on so-called “suspicious transaction reports”, and thatthe BVI was therefore “a victim of its own success”.

　　多名律师表示，汇丰银行并未解释为何BVI面临的压力比塞舌尔群岛或萨摩亚群岛等地区大。对此，克利夫顿表示，该地区会成为众矢之的，部分原因是该地区出现在所谓“可疑交易报告”中的次数太多，于是该地区因此成为“自身成功的牺牲品”。

　　One person familiar with the issue said HSBC staff had explained that there were someproblems integrating its risk systems globally, which meant that one BVI transactioninvolving multiple jurisdictions could end up being flagged several times.

　　一位知情人士表示，汇丰银行员工曾解释说，汇丰的风险体系在全球整合过程中存在一定问题，这导致涉及多个司法管辖区的BVI交易多次陷入停滞。

　　HSBC denied having any such problems. It said it had “developed global standards shaped bythe highest or most effective standards of financial crime compliance available in anyjurisdiction where HSBC operates and are now in the process of deploying these globally on aconsistent basis”.

　　不过，汇丰银行否认存在这种问题。该行表示该行拥有“成熟的全球风险标准，该标准的制定依照了一套最为有效的最高金融犯罪合规标准，这些合规标准由所有汇丰有运营业务的司法管辖区提供。目前，汇丰正在全球统一推行这套标准。”

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