"To a foreign exchange trader with access to large sums of money, and the cover of regular dealings in the market, having a mole in G7 was like having the key to the central vaults at Fort Knox." |
Nest of Vipers by Linda Davies |
Nest of Vipers, a novel dealing with MI6, insider trading involving central banks and the finance ministers of the G7 countries (now the G8) was written before the allegations below regarding real cases in central banks came to light. However insider trading is only one of the types of scandals that have hit the pillars of the international financial system.