The headlines thundered: Jordan’s king amassed $100 million in concealed property including homes in Malibu, London and Washington. An alleged mistress of Russia’s leader managed to covertly buy a luxury residence in Monaco. The Czech Republic’s prime minister, an anticorruption crusader, secretly acquired a French Riviera estate. (New York Times)
There is only one thing worse than the stories of billionaires throughout the world, buying influence, avoiding tax, money laundering and generally engaging in criminal activities.
It is the utter failure to do anything about it.
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