Momey laundering scams

[David Hansen]

On 4 Sep 2002 at 18:05, Richard Clayton wrote:

> you're asking an operational question (viz: which crimes will they
> investigate and what resources will they deploy in doing so)
> 
> IME, they don't answer such questions on the record (for a pretty
> obvious reason)

There are several obvious reasons. One of them is that they don't 
want to be embarrassed by revealing the groups whose crimes they 
choose to ignore and those that they choose to do something on.

An example is in the past down south, when opening supermarkets on 
Sunday was illegal. The police were perfectly happy to ignore 
illegally open supermarkets and turn up to these illegally operating 
shops and help the staff in these illegally open shops deal with 
thieves. This is just one example of the police taking the side of 
rich and powerful. People shouldn't be surprised by this, that is the 
main reason Mr Peel set up the modern police.


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