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It's ridiculous how any rich person accused of fraud in the West can take asylum in Russia/China and vice versa.
by MiroF 6y ago
It's ridiculous how any rich person accused of fraud in the West can take asylum in Russia/China and vice versa.
- jacquesm 6y agoPecunia non olet is now about 2000 years old, not much has changed in that time.
- LargoLasskhyfv 6y agoThat may be true when it comes fresh from the ATM, but otherwise is mostly false. People physically handling money would tell you that it indeed STINKS!
- microtherion 6y agoDon't forget that the phrase was coined by an emperor who started charging for access to public latrines…
- jacquesm 6y agoThat's incorrect. Access to the latrines was free, the money was in order to be allowed to empty the latrines, with urine having fairly high concentrations of certain minerals and lots of applications (for instance: curing leather).
- microtherion 6y agoI stand corrected!
- pavlov 6y agoThe Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) is proud of their wire transfer network being 99.9999% odorless.
- erdos4d 6y agoI'm currently living in Ecuador and skipping out of the country with millions and heading to Europe is the preferred route for many politicians here. They get safe haven there with their families and are not extradited, even when the government tries to get them back for trial. So, this is actually perfectly cool with the EU coming from another western country, not just Russia/China. Money seems to make those EU principles of the rule of law very negotiable. Guess they have the inverse problem as well when someone runs off with their money.
- pkaye 6y agoAlso there are rich people in poor countries that embezzle money and then move to a western country. They are able to use the laws and protections of that western country to block any extradition.
- MiroF 6y agoSorry, yeah I said "Russia/China" but meant more the non-West.
- mschuster91 6y agoBecause it is more than likely that Wirecard was not just running a front for illegal gambling and questionably legal (in terms of youth protection compliance) porn sites, but also a front for Russian GRU/FSB to distribute cash to agents and sources. There is no other reasonable explanation as for why he is under the care of GRU.
- MiroF 6y ago?? The United States and Europe routinely do the same thing - I think that other countries would do this as a "screw you" to US/EU just as much.