BAE corruption probe turns to commissions
March 2, 2008
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is escalating its probe into alleged bribery and corruption at BAE Systems, with one line of investigation being a series of commission payments personally overseen by chief executive Mike Turner during the late 1980s.
You can read the full report in the Sunday Telegraph.
Posted in BAE, arms exports |
March 4th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
whats new?
as if we in britain although being collectively stupid at heart, did not know that britian is full of corruption?
i am of the opinion that the British way is to cherry pick principles whilst trying to appear whiter than white and leading the way to the world.
but i’m not fooled.
one of the biggest crimes in britain is the sale of tobacco to the public.
now it has long been known that tobacco causes lung cancer and ruins what was once healthy.
and yet our government(s)and those around the world have all given its approval to the tobacco business to set itself up and use advertising to glamorize
and entice the public to start the unhealthy and unnatural habit of smoking tobacco.
the plan has worked and has made governments all around the world extremely rich as well as the tobacco companies themselves.
but of what benefit has it been to the public around the world?
is lung cancer something good?
are nicotine stained teeth and fingers better than clean ones?
is it not true that alot of people become self abusers by means of practicing bad habits like smoking?
also is it not true that the use of cannabis is encouraged by the widespread availability of tobbaco?
and if things like heroin can be traced back to organized criminals….where then does the legalized organized crime of tobacco trading lead back to?
it leads back to the government doesn’t it…and doesn’t it look bad?
and yet members of parliament call each other “honorable” and yet where is the honour in being associated with something that has done much harm to the public and continues to have a strong hold on many?
so really in my educated opinion, corruption begins and ends with the government.
history bears witness to that.
i bet the governments would like to erase the history of the slave trade and how it profited greatly from the use and abuse of billions of black people?
yes governments have long profited from the misery of its people and it continues to do so right down to our time.
the sale of tobacco is one shameful example.
this why other nations refuse to be dictated to by members of the hypocrite British governments on how to govern their people.