"Corruption is widespread ... in ... oil, gas, and mining."
“The nature of Big Oil and Gas ... is to make money.”
“Corruption [is] at the heart of ... the harm we’re doing.”
Corruption
There's no government in charge of the whole world.
There are national governments, regional governments,
many government officials, and countless opportunities for corruption:
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New York: “a scheme to defraud the ... government out of gasoline taxes.”
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Ohio: “accused of accepting $61 million from FirstEnergy Corp.”
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West Virginia: "convicted of conspiracy [and] causing the ... deaths of ... coal miners.”
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Virginia: "Conspiracy to commit wire fraud ... related to carbon offset credits.”
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“Oil corruption exposes how corporations help destabilize [the] Middle East.”
“Royal Dutch Shell [was brought up on] bribery charges ... in Nigeria.”
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Brazil: “Crooks ... sell stolen gasoline [and] launder cash." "Gas station graft is lucrative.”
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Bolivia: “Land trafficking corruption has plagued successive governments.”
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Philippines: Billions were spent on “ineffective” “corruption-tainted flood-control projects.”
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Ecuador: “The oil company knowingly dumped ... toxic waste water and ... crude oil.”
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Malaysia: "'We have ... regulations, but it’s so easy to commit fraud'.”
There are names for it: "environmental crime" or "eco-corruption".
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“These crimes ... involve people exploitation ... and money laundering.”
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"’Eco-corruption’ ... is a dangerous narrative that Mexico has long avoided addressing.”
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The eco-crime "is ... on an industrial scale." Transnational "organized crime ... makes billions.”
What happens in the middle of the ocean?
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"Fishing vessels are ... used to smuggle people, drugs and firearms.”
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U.S. ships are now allowed to go in previously protected, "fragile and vulnerable" areas.
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Shark fin “traffickers ... export illegal product to Asia.”
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Besides illegal fishing, there's also illegal mining, illegal oil sales, illegal timber sales,
and illegal money laundering related to all the pollution profiteering.
An organization that exposes the cruelty, graft, and toxic dumping is Global Witness.
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