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That’s not Africa only. When a corruption scandal comes up (bribing, lobbying), I’m often surprised at how cheap it was to buy the official. It’s often in the 1
by ornornor 3mo ago
That’s not Africa only. When a corruption scandal comes up (bribing, lobbying), I’m often surprised at how cheap it was to buy the official. It’s often in the 10–50k eur region.
- jurgenburgen 3mo agoThe average person is remarkably bad with money. It should not surprise us that politicians are no exception.
- ornornor 3mo agoYou’d think that for risking jail time etc the price would be much higher.
- londons_explore 3mo agoI assume the politicians are kept in a very carefully managed microcosm so that they actually think they're making the best choices for their nation, because all other options have been hidden from them or misrepresented.
- bornfreddy 3mo agoYou know how it is: 10k here, 30k there... and there is a few M in a swiss bank account (or whatever the modern hiding place is).
- le-mark 3mo agoWho would have thought crypto/btc prime use would be corruption (bribery, ransoms, influence, extortion)? A lot I wager.
- ratelimitsteve 3mo agothe crypto hater mantra from day one was "this is just for drugs, bribery and money laundering". the only word I object to in that statement is "just".
- red-iron-pine 3mo agoeveryone. everyone would have thought. and did. the silk road was riding high long before crypto ads were running during superbowls
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- hvb2 3mo agoSure but keep in mind that for a lot of countries soccer isn't that big of a deal. There are a lot of countries in fifa and they all have equal voting power. Some island in the Caribbean has equal say compared to Spain for example. That's why it's so easy. Bribe the people in the countries where the people don't care about soccer.