Riddick3001@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago'Panama Papers' trial starts. 27 people charged in the worldwide money laundering caseapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-link'Panama Papers' trial starts. 27 people charged in the worldwide money laundering caseapnews.comRiddick3001@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareRiddick3001@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoThe Panama papers consisted of 11 millions documents, 214 000 offshore companies, 14.000 customers… And now 27 are charged, and that’s it.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoRight. And how many specific names? A hell of a lot more than 27.
minus-squareoctopus_ink@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoThese were the 27 who weren’t rich or powerful enough to buy/influence their way out of it.
minus-squareFMT99@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoPossibly paid patsies ready to take the fall. Or some intern the bank is willing to throw under the bus.
minus-squareCaptainSpaceman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoJust like 08, where one fucking person got charged and it was some low level VP
minus-squareRhaedas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months ago“It’s a big club, and you ain’t in it.” - George Carlin
minus-squareEdibleFriend@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoDon’t forget the guy who broke this story kinda sorta exploded
minus-squareCaptainSpaceman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoNot on purpose either
minus-squareEdibleFriend@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoI want to point out that’s not typical
The Panama papers consisted of 11 millions documents, 214 000 offshore companies, 14.000 customers… And now 27 are charged, and that’s it.
Right. And how many specific names? A hell of a lot more than 27.
These were the 27 who weren’t rich or powerful enough to buy/influence their way out of it.
Possibly paid patsies ready to take the fall. Or some intern the bank is willing to throw under the bus.
Just like 08, where one fucking person got charged and it was some low level VP
“It’s a big club, and you ain’t in it.” - George Carlin
Don’t forget the guy who broke this story kinda sorta exploded
Not on purpose either
I want to point out that’s not typical