Turkey To Be Able To Get Information About Secret Accounts In Switzerland

MOSCOW - Turkish Finance Minister said on Thursday that Switzerland would no more be a safe haven for secret accounts of Turkish citizens.
In an exclusive interview with the A.A correspondent, Simsek said Turkey's taxation agreement with Switzerland signed in 2008 was initialed again on November 4, 2009 because of the changes in policy of Bern particularly in exchange of information on banking secrecy.

Simsek said the text of the initialed agreement empowered the parties to ask for information about the bank accounts.

Turkish minister said thus the parties would be able to prevent tax evasion and deal with unfair tax competition.

Simsek said Turkey launched necessary works to sign similar agreements with other countries.