Whistleblower Herve Falciani, a former HSBC employee who exposed massive
tax evasion via Swiss accounts, was Wednesday arrested in Spain but
released again on Thursday. Falciani had fled to Spain to avoid jail in
Switzerland. The arrest of the whistleblower comes at a sensitive time
in Swiss-Spanish relations when Swiss courts are considering a Spanish
extradition request for Catalan separatist Marta Rovira, who fled to
Switzerland earlier this year.
Read more: HSBC whistleblower held in Swiss-Spanish extradition saga
Read more: HSBC whistleblower held in Swiss-Spanish extradition saga
