Effect of Whistleblowing
In his book "Imperfect Justice", Stuart Eizenstat implies that the "Meili Affair" was important in the decision of Swiss banks to participate in the process of reparations for victims of Nazi looting during World War II. He wrote that the affair "did more than anything to turn the Swiss banks into international pariahs by linking their dubious behavior during and after the war to the discovery of a seemingly unapologetic attempt to cover it up now by destroying documents." He also implies that the affair influenced the Swiss Bankers Association (SBA) decision to create a "Humanitarian Fund for the Victims of the Holocaust", and implies that it was one of a series of events influencing the London Conference on Nazi Gold of 1997.
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