HSBC investigated over fund transfers in South Africa corruption row

Bank accused in House of Lords of ignoring suspicious activity related to scandal surrounding Jacob Zuma's links to Gupta family HSBC is being investigated over claims of "possible criminal complicity" in the Gupta corruption investigation in South Africa. Speaking in the House of Lords on Wednesday, two weeks after he first voiced concerns about UK links to the probe, Lord Hain said he had handed new evidence about the alleged involvement of a British bank in the "flagrant robbery" of South Afr...