Friday, January 15, 2021

Banker and money laundering / India state police most corrupt / Sri Lanka opposition jailed

Every Bank Robber Needs A Getaway Car; Banker Held Accountable For Money Laundering (Blog).  “It is fundamental that we understand how integral the services of money launderers are to those involved in the underlying, predicate crime—be it organized crime or corruption… No bank robber would ever plan a robbery only up until the point that he gets to the exit—he needs a getaway car, otherwise his plan won’t work. And in the same way the corrupt acts perpetrated elsewhere need the getaway car that Western bankers and company service providers offer.”

Emile J. M. van Der Does De Willebois/Global Anticorruption Blog: https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2021/01/13/guest-post-every-bank-robber-needs-a-getaway-car-banker-held-accountable-for-money-laundering/  

 

Cops in Gujarat top charts in graft cases.  “Cops were hailed as ‘corona warriors’ due to their work enforcing the lockdown and night curfews during this pandemic, but cases of corruption filed against them put a blot on their reputation.”

Ashish Chauhan/Times of India: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/cops-in-state-top-charts-in-graft-cases/articleshow/80203836.cms  

 

Sri Lanka jails former minister for saying judges are corrupt.  “An outspoken Sri Lankan opposition politician has been jailed for four years over his remarks alleging the majority of judges in the South Asian island nation were corrupt.”

Aljazeera: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/13/sri-lanka-jails-former-minister-for-saying-judges-are-corrupt  

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