Easy to set them up. Damn difficult to get rid of them. Set up to combat Marighela 40 years ago, units within the police still offer murder for hire. They also offer “protection”. “offer”? One of those you cant refuse. Comparison could be made here with the Russian “krysha” system. But it might be somewhat … BRAZILIANS LOOK TO REGIONAL FORCE TO ROOT OUT DEATH SQUADS
720,000 names on the terror “watch list”. No uniform procedures by which agenicies place people on the list. What idiot gave the supervisor body the acronym TREX? [T-REX presumably, not the obsolete brand name for cooking fat…ie lard] Terrorist Review and Examination Unit…if as much thought went into legal procedures as went into acronyms, the … LACK OF UNIFORM POLICY FOR TERROR BLACKLIST
Extract from Misha Glenny’s book: the McMafia, one of two in the Guardian this week. Looks like good anecdotal stuff.
Washington Post article on the ways guns get into the hands of criminals in DC. Apparently they are either stolen or bought by intermediaries.
Three former police officers found guilty of murder of an investigative journalist in the Ukraine, but finger of suspicion points higher up the hierarchy.
This is recorded crime.Anyone know where to get similar reports for France, Spain and even Germany? Te Italian press is great for articles on organised crime, particularly down South, but regular reading of French and Spanish papers make the countries appear crime free. Suggestions as to where to delve would be most welcome.
Comparison of literature from Australis, UK, US and South Africa.
Big conference of the “experts”. The journalist didnt seem to notice any academics there! It came down to: US thinks terrorism a form of war, Europeans think it’s a form of crime. There is also a debate about whether its global terrorism or global insurgency that’s going on out there.
Well, there is an insurgency, and oil is being siphoned off into the black market, but the vast majority of those profits are going to corrupt officials and businessmen, my money says. In the small print, the article says: “Nor is the skimming limited to the insurgency; illicit earnings from the Baiji refinery also flow … IRAQ INSURGENCY RUNS ON STOLEN OIL PROFITS
One of those scandals that Italy specialises in. Compare and contrast our own UK potato scandal at: http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/retailing/article3559475.ece A mere £3million in bribes alleged, as opposed to the astronomical Italian figure. But the point is: it does happen in the UK too. Food is big business and where there’s brass, there’s fraud, to paraphrase the … PARMALAT TRIAL: ALLEGED £11 BILLION FRAUD, 34,000 WITNESSES
