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In real life, the usefulness of these numbered accounts is limited, due to how hard it is to get one nowadays... The Swiss, well aware of their banks' increasing reputation as havens for no-good-niks (not particularly helped by their willingness to stash Nazi Gold, though they were originally formed to help people ''hide'' money from the Gestapo), require numerous references and a general OK from the person's country of origin.
[[Useful Notes|To be noted]]: truly ''anonymous'' bank accounts are a thing of fiction. Even if protected by a code number, the identity of the client (and usually the source of the funds as well) is known by the chairman and high-ranking personnel of the bank, either in Switzerland or other tax havens. Money laundering and stashing of dubious funds are the province of [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|professional accountants and economists]], who know [[Honest John's Dealership|how to give a decent face]] to the business they manage. The structures are usually fairly complex and involve creating a string of shell corporations with nominee directors in various friendly jurisdictions; those corporations in turn hold bank accounts or other assets. A Swiss bank account alone, in your own name, provides little. Don't try to [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money|just approach a bank]] with a [[Briefcase Full of Money]] and no plausible story and expect it to work.<ref>Many countries have laws that require the reporting of all deposits of certain amounts (in the US, it's $10,000) to the government anyway</ref>
In more recent stories, an account in an offshore tax haven, such as the Cayman Islands, may be substituted.
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