Forbes reporting:  The United States may have lost its standing in world diplomatic circles, but it remains the world’s banking behemoth that no one is willing to cross. With the dollar standard, no country or bank, no matter how large, is prepared to  jeopardize its relations with the U.S. Treasury, Federal Reserve, and Justice Department. The independent Swiss dropped their hallowed bank secrecy dating back to the Nazi threat in the face of U.S. pressure to disclose the accounts of U.S. tax scofflaws. After the Swiss caved, so did virtually all other tax havens. The U.S. government could not be in a better position to ferret out the overseas assets of Putin and his fellows.   Follow The Money