In March 2009 the former head of the Financial Services Authority, Hector Sants, said: “People should be frightened of the FSA.” I am a former Metropolitan Police detective and later a bank compliance officer. Ultimately, I blew the whistle against Wachovia in connection with allegations of laundering the proceeds of Mexican drug trafficking, for which the US bank paid a penalty of $160m. I am frightened but probably not in the way Mr Sants intended. I fear that the approach that encouraged the financial crisis has still not been replaced. This will have a damaging impact upon the UK economy.
英国金融服务管理局(Financial Services Authority，简称FSA)前任首席执行官赫克托•桑特(Hector Sants)曾于2009年3月表示：“人们应当畏惧FSA。”我曾是伦敦警察厅(Metropolitan Police)的一名侦探，之后还曾担任一家银行的合规专员。我举报了美联银行(Wachovia)，指控其涉嫌参与为墨西哥贩毒集团提供洗钱服务，该行最后支付了1.6亿美元罚款。目前我确实感到恐惧，但这或许和桑特所说的“畏惧”性质不同。我担心的是，这种在金融危机形成中起过推波助澜作用的银行监管模式到目前为止仍无改变。未来这将对英国manbetx20客户端下载 造成破坏性影响。