The 7,000 names of the Falciani list refer to at least four hundred companies. According to the press agency ADNKRONOS the list, taken by the Italian Guardia di Finanza from a former employee of Hsbc, includes professionals, lawyers and accountants, but also operators of the packaging and fashion sector. In the list there are also the names of some diplomats who work in foreign countries. The checking activity on the files is being carried out tight-lipped. The Guardia di Finanza is also checking the names of wives and relatives that could have been figureheads.

Translated by Chiara Nunnari from John Milton Institute