Does The Trail Of Dead Bankers Lead Somewhere?Michael Snyder First of all, most of these men were in good health and in their prime working years. Secondly, most of these suicides seem to have come out of nowhere and were a total surprise to their families. Thirdly, three of the dead bankers worked for JP Morgan. Fourthly, several of these individuals were either involved in foreign exchange trading or the trading of derivatives in some way. So when a foreign exchange trader jumped to his death from the top of JP Morgans Hong Kong headquarters this morning, that definitely raised my eyebrows. These dead bankers are starting to pile up, and something definitely stinks about this whole thing. What would cause a young man that is making really good money to jump off of a 30 story building? The following is howthe South China Morning Post described the dramatic suicide of 33-year-old Li Jie If this was just an isolated incident, nobody would really take notice. So did all of those men actually kill themselves? Well, there is reason to believe that at least some of those deaths may not have been suicides after all. For example, before throwing himself off of JP Morgans headquarters in London, Gabriel Magee had actuallymade plans for later that evening And 57-year-old Richard Talley was found with eight nail gun wounds to his torso and head in his own garage. How in the world was he able to accomplish that? Like I said, something really stinks about all of this. Meanwhile, things continue to deteriorate financially around the globe. Just consider some of the things that have happened in the last 48 hours -According to the Bangkok Post, people are stampeding to yank their deposits out of banks in Thailand right now. -Venezuela is coming apart at the seams. Just check out the photos in this article. -The unemployment rate in South Africa is above 24 percent. -Ukraine is on the verge of total collapse -This week we learned that the level of bad loans in Spain has risen to a new all-time high of 13.6 percent. -China is starting to quietly sell off U.S. debt. Already, Chinese U.S. Treasury holdings are down to their lowest level in almost a year. -During the 4th quarter of 2013, U.S. consumer debt rose at the fastest pace since 2007. -U.S. homebuilder confidence just experienced the largest one month decline ever recorded. -George Soros has doubled his bet that the SP 500 is going to crash. His total bet is now up to about $1,300,000,000. For many more signs of financial trouble all over the planet, please see my previous article entitled 20 Signs That The Global Economic Crisis Is Starting To Catch Fire. Could some of these deaths have something to do with this emerging financial crisis? That is a very good question. Once again, I will be the first one to admit that I simply do not know why so many bankers are dying. But one thing is for certain dead bankers dont talk. Everyone knows that there is a massive amount of corruption in our banking system. If the truth about all of this corruption was to ever actually come out and justice was actually served, we would see a huge wave of very important people go to prison. In addition, it is an open secret that Wall Street has been transformed into the largest casino in the history of the world over the past several decades. Our big banks have become more reckless than ever, and trillions of dollars are riding on the decisions that are being made every day. In such an environment, it is expected that you will be loyal to the firm that you work for and that you will keep your mouth shut about the secrets that you know. In the final analysis, there is really not that much difference between how mobsters operate and how Wall Street operates. If you cross the line, you may end up paying a very great price. This article first appeared here at the Economic Collapse Blog. Michael Snyder is a writer, speaker and activist who writes and edits his own blogs The American Dream and Economic Collapse Blog. Follow him on Twitter here. 