Re: privacy and rights (short reply)

["Perry E. Metzger" <pmetzger@lehman.com>]

Jack Daniels says:
> 
> >>
> >> Numbered bank accounts and even lines of credit
> >> exist and will continue to prosper.
> >
> >One can hope so, but when the Swiss numbered bank account, the
> >canonical example, vanishes, I begin to have doubts.
> >
> >[Let's hope it doesn't get this far.  Besides, there's always
> >Liechtenstein  :)]
> >
> 
> I hate to be the bringer of bad news, but to the best of my knowledge
> Switzerland no longer allows numbered bank accounts.  Also, from
> my studies of international banking, bank secrecy and tax havens,
> I have never seen any reference to numbered bank accounts in 
> any country other than Switzerland, including Liechtenstein (although
> Liechtenstein does have better secrecy safeguards than Switzerland.

"Jack Daniels" has never looked hard enough -- many countries (Austria
comes to mind) allow completely anonymous accounts, with various
degrees of restriction on them.

Perry