The CobraPost expose of open money laundering done by three
top private sector banks (ICICI,
HDFC and Axis Bank) has caught everyone off guard. The finance minister
immediately came out with a statement that two of the three bosses have
‘assured’ him that their organisations weren’t running any such operation.
May be the nation should believe him and stomach the
assurances on faith. However, anyone with the most miniscule of common sense
would know that so many executives won’t go on maverick missions without
clearance from their bosses. The extent of knowledge and expertise that has
gone into creating these ‘schemes’ for money laundering show that these aren’t overnight
developments.
Years of planning and organisation have gone into it. Next
time those private bank bosses flaunt their success statistics we know where
the ‘critical inputs’ come from. This is a wake-up call for the government,
banking sector regulators, law enforcement agencies and the nation.
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