The police have even asked the financial-crimes unit to investigate the accounts of a few suspected masterminds.

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In addition to customers of Israeli banks, the DOJ has been pursuing U.S. residents with secret accounts in other countries, including a unit of HSBC in India.

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Figures from the Economist Intelligence Unit, a sister company of The Economist, suggest that Asia accounts for around one-third of world retail sales.

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Manufacturing accounts for about a fifth of eastern GDP, not far off western levels, and unit labour costs are lower.

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