“LONDON — A former senior Swiss bank executive said on Monday that he had given the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, details of more than 2,000 prominent individuals and companies that he contends engaged in tax evasion and other possible criminal activity… ‘The man in the street needs to know how this system works,’ he said, referring to the offshore trusts that many ‘high net worth individuals’ around the world use to evade taxes.”

What do you think?

Is public humiliation an appropriate way to deal with tax evaders? Do you think people should have a right to absolute financial privacy, even if that helps them get away with illegal activities?

Tags: Switzerland, tax evasion, taxes, WikiLeaks