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Arcadian
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Swift transfers and USA

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I have just read on a non-Thai forum that all Swift money transfers involving sending money from EU countries to non-EU countries, (however small) will be reported to the USA as part of their anti-terrorism struggle. Does anyone know if this is true?
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I can only find these articles. Pete :cheers:

From February: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/news.aspx/136090

From April: http://www.theparliament.com/latest-new ... -on-swift/

....and from July that looks like it's a done deal, but not individual transactions: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10556567
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