| "UK is most corrupt country in the world", says mafia expert Roberto Saviano on 13:51 - Sep 15 with 2220 views | J2BLUE |
First of all, talk about a clickbait headline.
The financial side being corrupt is hardly news. |  |
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| "UK is most corrupt country in the world", says mafia expert Roberto Saviano on 14:05 - Sep 15 with 2187 views | homer_123 |
Quite a difference between corrupt and unethical. |  |
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| "UK is most corrupt country in the world", says mafia expert Roberto Saviano on 14:40 - Sep 15 with 2126 views | WeWereZombies |
He's right, it's all down to the betting industry.... |  |
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| "UK is most corrupt country in the world", says mafia expert Roberto Saviano on 14:47 - Sep 15 with 2106 views | footers |
The truth is, a London address makes all the murkiness seem completely above board. There's so much money laundering and dodgy dealing that happens here because we're now basically reliant on it.
And we're told that what we really do need more of is further deregulation and that it's just not polite to ask multi-nationals about their tax arrangements.
Of course, day to day, we're one of the least corrupt places on earth. Imagine trying to bribe a UK policeman! That is, of course, if you're just the man on the street and not, say, Google. |  |
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| "UK is most corrupt country in the world", says mafia expert Roberto Saviano on 14:55 - Sep 15 with 2081 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
Thoughts?
Roman Abramovic bought Chelsea all those years ago to appear legit!! |  |
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| "UK is most corrupt country in the world", says mafia expert Roberto Saviano on 15:01 - Sep 15 with 2059 views | WeWereZombies |
| "UK is most corrupt country in the world", says mafia expert Roberto Saviano on 14:55 - Sep 15 by Marshalls_Mullet |
Thoughts?
Roman Abramovic bought Chelsea all those years ago to appear legit!! |
Careful of how we follow this thread through now... | |
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| "UK is most corrupt country in the world", says mafia expert Roberto Saviano on 17:42 - Sep 15 with 1942 views | Pendejo |
I have said this for some time. It is just that here it's very high level and for big stakes. Too much reading Private Eye I guess.
Low level stuff is pretty rare still I think. I.e.cops saying they will not give you a speeding ticket if you give them £50, which happened to someone I know in an EU country a few years ago. |  |
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| (No subject) on 17:59 - Sep 15 with 1912 views | Clapham_Junction |
Agree with points above about low-level corruption being quite rare, but the high level stuff being problematic. In some cases it's the government deliberately looking the other way - Companies House doing very little to enforce their own rules, and LLPs being widely used as a vehicle for criminal activity (Private Eye have done excellent work on highlighting this)
Also, IMO certain forms of corruption have effectively been made legal in the UK - political donations being an obvious example. Businesspeople can give large sums of money to parties to ensure legislation is in their favour and apparently that's completely fine. |  | | |
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| (No subject) on 18:18 - Sep 15 with 1879 views | Ryorry |
| (No subject) on 17:59 - Sep 15 by Clapham_Junction |
Agree with points above about low-level corruption being quite rare, but the high level stuff being problematic. In some cases it's the government deliberately looking the other way - Companies House doing very little to enforce their own rules, and LLPs being widely used as a vehicle for criminal activity (Private Eye have done excellent work on highlighting this)
Also, IMO certain forms of corruption have effectively been made legal in the UK - political donations being an obvious example. Businesspeople can give large sums of money to parties to ensure legislation is in their favour and apparently that's completely fine. |
Not to mention vested interests - Cameron pushing through the "dash to gas" at the expense of local communities and the environment, when he & half his cabinet had shares in the oil & gas industries & the financial institutions (edited) that bankrolled those. [Post edited 15 Sep 2019 18:40]
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| (No subject) on 20:20 - Sep 15 with 1679 views | BloomBlue |
End to end it is, from the huge sums invested by individuals and no questions asked by the banks or if tax has been paid down to people pretending they aren't fit for work and they are and claiming tax payers money, end to end corruption.
Although most African countries are far more corrupt [Post edited 15 Sep 2019 20:21]
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| (No subject) on 20:57 - Sep 15 with 1630 views | jaykay |
| (No subject) on 20:20 - Sep 15 by BloomBlue |
End to end it is, from the huge sums invested by individuals and no questions asked by the banks or if tax has been paid down to people pretending they aren't fit for work and they are and claiming tax payers money, end to end corruption.
Although most African countries are far more corrupt [Post edited 15 Sep 2019 20:21]
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i don't think those claiming benefits they not entitled to have off shore bank accounts |  |
| forensic experts say footers and spruces fingerprints were not found at the scene after the weekends rows |
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| "UK is most corrupt country in the world", says mafia expert Roberto Saviano on 21:26 - Sep 15 with 1593 views | caught-in-limbo |
It's not something we like to talk about, is it? I mean, as soon as you do, all sorts of really nasty things get uncovered. Fortunately, it all gets shouted down by defenders of the establishment who scream "conspiracy theorist" or "show me the evidence!" and the problem disappears for a while but the practices go on, as they have done for centuries.
"The City effectively now stands as money launderer of the world, described now as the capital of the global crime scene. It is the heart and engine of the offshore haven, with Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man its european collection centres, the caribbean and others hoovering up billions of American dollars from all over the globe. Whilst there are good and legal reasons for offshore accounts, it has a dark and shadowy client list; terrorists, drug barons, arms dealers, despots, dictators, shady politicians, corporations and companies, millionaires and billionaires — most with something to hide."
source: https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/city-london-centre-global-crime-scene/ |  |
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| "UK is most corrupt country in the world", says mafia expert Roberto Saviano on 07:52 - Sep 16 with 1364 views | Oxford_Blue |
Given he provides no evidence, I think we can safely dismiss it. |  | | |
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