Too Big to Jail

A reporting account of how HSBC came to be accused of moving money for Mexican cartels, and of what happened when regulators weighed prosecution against the risk of bringing down a bank. Chris Blackhurst traces the compliance failures, the internal culture that allowed them, and the negotiations that followed, setting the case within the larger question of whether very large institutions can realistically be held to account. The financial mechanics are explained plainly enough for readers with no banking background. Why this one holds up: • Investigative reporting on a landmark money-laundering case • Clear explanation of correspondent banking and compliance failure • Attention to regulators, prosecutors and the limits of enforcement • Written for general readers as much as for finance specialists A strong pick for students of business ethics, professionals working in finance and compliance, and readers of investigative non-fiction, available in English at Boipoka.