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This article gives a distorted view of my country. We have a largely normal government with normal levels of corruption. You can compare Malta to a municipality
by maltesegirl 5mo ago
This article gives a distorted view of my country. We have a largely normal government with normal levels of corruption. You can compare Malta to a municipality in a big country. I have lived in many north western European countries and at the municipal level I personally witnessed the same levels of corruption, that in my native Malta would be considered the biggest scandal of the year. It's all a matter of framing, propaganda and geopolitics.
- zwaps 5mo agoWell the business model of Malta is being a tax evasion haven and access port for oligarchs. That’s quite a difference to most other European countries, although not all.
- maltesegirl 5mo ago?? London, Paris, Berlin ?? That’s quite a difference to most other European countries The difference being that you personally are not prejudiced against them for no other reason than your ignorance and arrogance.
- 9dev 5mo agoRespectfully, in the best case you don't really know what you are talking about. These three cities certainly cannot be categorised as tax havens in any sense of the word, and the local legislation is objectively different - as evident to anyone comparing it.
- maltesegirl 5mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_money_in_London https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_money_in_London https://trap.org.ua/en/publications/parisian-quarters-montenegrin-scandals-the-hide-and-seek-game-of-russian-oligarch-bokarev/ https://trap.org.ua/en/publications/parisian-quarters-monten... https://www.icij.org/news/2024/10/french-authorities-seize-75m-of-assets-tied-to-russian-businessmen https://www.icij.org/news/2024/10/french-authorities-seize-7... https://fakti.bg/en/imoti/927878-the-luxury-properties-of-the-russian-rich-in-germany https://fakti.bg/en/imoti/927878-the-luxury-properties-of-th... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_money_in_Malta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_money_in_Malta
- michelb 5mo agoIt's also the ideal country to have your gambling company incorporated.
- AlecSchueler 5mo ago> in many north western European countries and at the municipal level I personally witnessed the same levels of corruption, that in my native Malta would be considered the biggest scandal of the year. Could you give examples of a few of these to illustrate the kind of thing we're talking about? It currently feels a bit hand wavy from both sides.
- maltesegirl 5mo agoMost corruption that I have been witness to, both in Malta and abroad falls into two categories: nepotism and procurement/tenders. Both of these are extremely common to the point that most don't even consider them corruption. For context, I work in academia, so I am sort of by proxy employed with local/federal governments and am therefore privy to how procurement deals are made. There is nothing that happens in Malta that doesn't also happen in Germany or in any other country I have worked in. If anything in Malta someone is always going to cry foul, whereas if you're witnessing corruption at the municipal or state level in Germany, it mostly flies under the radar.
- AlecSchueler 5mo agoI understand what you mean by "corruption," but could you give examples? Of something ignored in Northern Europe that would be a scandal in Malta?
- sevg 5mo agoYeah, just casually murdering journalists is totally normal. Your username and comment history suggests it might not be wise to take your word as objective truth.
- maltesegirl 5mo ago[flagged]
- sevg 5mo agoTry harder, sock puppet account :)
- LtWorf 5mo agoDo you think blowing up journalists is "normal levels of corruption"?
- olyjohn 5mo agoI feel like this year is re-defining "normal levels of corruption."