Chapter 42

           TheDepositoryBankofZurichwasatwenty-four-hourGeldschrankbankofferingthefullmodernarrayofanonymousservicesinthetraditionoftheSwissnumberedaccount.MaintainingofficesinZurich,KualaLumpur,NewYork,andParis,thebankhadexpandeditsservicesinrecentyearstoofferanonymouscomputersourcecodeescrowservicesandfacelessdigitizedbackup.

           ThebreadandbutterofitsoperationwasbyfaritsoldestandsimplestofferingtheanonymeLagerblinddropservices,otherwiseknownasanonymoussafe-depositboxes.Clientswishingtostoreanythingfromstockcertificatestovaluablepaintingscoulddeposittheirbelongingsanonymously,throughaseriesofhigh-techveilsofprivacy,withdrawingitemsatanytime,alsointotalanonymity.

           AsSophiepulledthetaxitoastopinfrontoftheirdestination,Langdongazedoutatthebuilding’suncompromisingarchitectureandsensedtheDepositoryBankofZurichwasafirmwithlittlesenseofhumor.Thebuildingwasawindowlessrectanglethatseemedtobeforgedentirelyofdullsteel.Resemblinganenormousmetalbrick,theedificesatbackfromtheroadwithafifteen-foot-tall,neon,equilateralcrossglowingoveritsfacade.

           Switzerland’sreputationforsecrecyinbankinghadbecomeoneofthecountry’smostlucrativeexports.Facilitieslikethishadbecomecontroversialintheartcommunitybecausetheyprovidedaperfectplaceforartthievestohidestolengoods,foryearsifnecessary,untiltheheatwasoff.

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