The money was paid into an overseas bank account controlled by Mrs Townsley and her husband.

BBC: Belfast City Hospital

Some misty-eyed commentators hark back to the honest days of the 1970s, when the revelation that his wife held a few thousand dollars in a then-illegal overseas bank account was enough to make the prime minister, Yitzhak Rabin, resign.

ECONOMIST: Israel

Camila's teachers helped her to apply for political asylum and the manager of the British bank where her father had an overseas account agreed to cover her outstanding school fees.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Angel of Peckham's gift of giving

Terror suspects will be banned from overseas travel without permission, limited to only one bank account, and prevented from meeting with certain associates.

BBC: Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill

Under the new bill terror suspects can be banned from overseas travel without permission, limited to only one bank account and banned from meeting with certain associates.

BBC: Terrorism Prevention Bill part one

In response to overseas media reports that the Bank of China has closed the account of North Korea's main foreign exchange bank, Shi Yinhong, an international affairs expert at Beijing's Renmin University tells Hong Kong's South China Morning Post that Beijing is losing patience with Pyongyang.

BBC: China media: Cyber espionage