including Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citi, Deutsche Bank, RBS International, Société Générale and UBS, were use as case studies to illustrate how deeply engaged banks are in promoting capital flight from poorer countries, in facilitating tax evasion, in supporting corrupt regimes, in financing ecologically harmful projects, and in undermining regulation. We also showed how the secretive world of tax havens has acted as the crucible for much of the financial innovation of the past 20 years …