Comment on Delta is fourth major U.S. airline to find fake jet aircraft engine parts with forged airworthiness documents from U.K. company

• 01011@monero.town ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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  • SCB@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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    • 01011@monero.town ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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

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      • SCB@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I appreciate the recommendations but also I literally bust out laughing at that first title. They couldn’t make it just a bit longer?

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• qdJzXuisAndVQb2@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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  • SCB@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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