The UK? What else is corrupt there? Not very knowledgeable about it.
splonglo@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Man this entire country is corrupt from top to bottom.
SCB@lemmy.world 11 months ago
01011@monero.town 11 months ago
The UK Government has stopped court cases investigating corruption, as was the case with a Saudi arms deal. There’s the never ending corruption around members of the royal family selling influence to foreign elements, particularly from the Arabian Gulf but also former Soviet states. There’s the fact London has been the money laundering capital of the world for much of my life, this money has been used to influence politicians to turn a blind eye or even advocate for blatantly corrupt and abusive regimes - Tony Blair, a former head of government, is the best of example of such. He has spent at least a decade “advising” criminal regimes elsewhere on how to massage their images.
SCB@lemmy.world 11 months ago
There’s the fact London has been the money laundering capital of the world for much of my life
Had absolutely no idea about this. This is fascinating.
01011@monero.town 11 months ago
Suggested reading:
Butler to the World: The Book the Oligarchs Don’t Want You to Read - How Britain Helps the World’s Worst People Launder Money, Commit Crimes, and Get Away With Anything AND Money Land - Oliver Bullough
The Establishment: And How They Get Away With It - Owen Jones
Kleptopia AND The Looting Machine - Tom Burgis
Treasure Islands: Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens - Nicholas Saxson
qdJzXuisAndVQb2@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Petty corruption is pretty decently under control (you can’t bribe a police officer if they pull you over), but institutional corruption, politicians amd their buddies, that had a field day with COVID measures and is very much alive and kicking.
SCB@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Wild man. I had no idea. As an outside person with casual interest, I don’t come across this kind of info much. I appreciate it.
echodot@feddit.uk 11 months ago
Fairly sure it’s just a top.
No one else has the money to be corrupt. Although if any of you want to sponsor me, I’m up for it.
KinglyWeevil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Sometimes the thought occurs to me that the only thing standing between me and being absurdly rich by way of saying reprehensible shit on a YouTube channel, is my inconvenient conscience
TwoGems@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Thank Trump and Republicans
NaughtyKatsuragi@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yeah, the 1990s was a pinnacle of purity from America…
scarabic@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Look on the bright side here. What we have is a case of parts with some forged documentation. It’s not like planes had bandannas instead of spark plugs. We had a supplier forge some of the very rigorous documentation we require for plane parts. And they got caught. Later than we might have liked, but they weren’t found out because some plane crashed.
Honestly, if you accept that there will always be some bad actors out there, this looks a lot like a system that’s working.