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Re:Business in Africa: 1.2B opportunities by jkot on Friday April 15, 2016 @05:13PM (#11507661)
> In western countries it's almost unimaginable to not be able to rely on banks to store your money safely

My relative lost seven figures from Cypriot bank just a few years ago. In Greece bank will not allow you to withdraw money or transfer it to foreign country.

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Re:Business in Africa: 1.2B opportunities by toyg on Friday April 15, 2016 @07:15PM (#11508323)
In Italy the government helped itself to current accounts with overnight decrees "in times of crisis", even more than once.
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