Credit Suisse: Spy story

Russian hitmen stalk the streets of London. A Western banker is arrested on espionage charges in Romania. It’s almost as if the Cold War were back. The Credit Suisse case - where one of its bankers, Vadim Benyatov, has been arrested along with a business consultant and privatisation officials - may not be ripped straight from the pages of a Le Carre thriller. But it certainly has a political dimension. The Romanian government, which came to power in January, has been looking at privatisation co...