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Category Archives: Crime, Gangs, Corrupt police, Private security
The staggering level of corruption & kleptocracy in the world
Preface. This is a book review of Frank Vogl’s 2021 book “The Enablers: How the West Supports Kleptocrats and Corruption – Endangering Our Democracy” (well, mostly kindle notes). They couldn’t get away with it if there weren’t so many places … Continue reading
Posted in Banking, Bond Market, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, Crime, Gangs, Corrupt police, Private security, Debt, No Jail for Bankers & Wall St execs, Politics, Scams
Tagged autocrat, corruption, democracy, kleptocracy, kleptocrat
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Venezuela – when will it collapse?
Preface. This is a book review of Newman’s 2022 “Things are never so bad that they can’t get worse”. He lived in Venezuela from 2012 to 2016 as a correspondent for The New York Times. Venezuela and Canada have the … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption & Finance, Crime, Gangs, Corrupt police, Private security, Venezuela
Tagged Chavez, collapse, corruption, gangs, refugees, Trump, Venezuela
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The Vory. Russia’s Super Mafia
Preface. After reading this book about the history of organized crime in Russia, I thought surely Russia must be the most corrupt nation in the world. But amazingly there are 47 countries that are ranked even lower of the 180 … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption & Finance, Crime, Gangs, Corrupt police, Private security, War Books
Tagged corruption, criminal, mafia, Russia, Stalin, totalitarian, vory
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Book review of “Halfway Home”. What happens after jail
Preface. This book is about what happens to released prisoners. Many of the homeless you see on the street were prisoners who are on the street because landlords won’t rent to them, and their family won’t let them move in … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Gangs, Corrupt police, Private security, Drug wars and the prison system
Tagged corruption, drugs, jail, prison system
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Pity Brazil’s Military Police. FEB. 19, 2014. Vanessa Barbara. New York Times.
Pity Brazil’s Military Police. FEB. 19, 2014. Vanessa Barbara. New York Times. In 2012, 1,890 Brazilians were killed by the police. 351 occurred in São Paulo — 20% of all homicides. Organized crime retaliated by killing 11 police officers and … Continue reading
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Colombia’s Warning for Mexico
Preface. This is a pattern you see over and over again in civil wars and collapsing bits of nations no longer under government control Abadfeb’s editorial reminds me of feudalism. Until the rise of state-level armies in the 17th century, … Continue reading