NCJ Number
56775
Journal
Ilanud al Dia Volume: 1 Issue: 1 Dated: (APRIL 1978) Pages: 19-26
Date Published
1978
Length
8 pages
Annotation
VARIOUS FORMS OF WHITE-COLLAR CRIME ('GOLDEN CRIME FIGURES') ARE DISCUSSED WITH REGARD TO BELGIUM AND INTERNATIONALLY, TOGETHER WITH OTHER NONCONVENTIONAL CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR ('BLACK CRIME FIGURES').
Abstract
THE OPINIONS OF THE UNOFFICIAL 1967 'RUSSELL WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL' ARE QUOTED IN THIS DENOUNCEMENT OF THE 'GOLDEN CRIMES' OF POLITICALLY AND FINANCIALLY POWERFUL INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS, WHICH ENJOY A BUILT-IN IMMUNITY FROM EXPOSURE AND PROSECUTION FOR REASONS RANGING FROM THE DELIBERATE CONNIVANCE OF GOVERNMENT AND POLICE OFFICIALS TO THE LOOPHOLES OF UNWIELDY AND INTRICATE FISCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS. IN MANY COUNTRIES, ANTITRUST OFFENSES, PROFITEERING, PRICE CONTROL, AND POLITICAL-FINANCIAL COLLUSION (CONSPIRACY) ARE COVERED UP BY UPPER-ECHELON BUREAUCRATS, EVEN HEADS OF STATE, EITHER ACTING IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST (SO THEY SAY), COERCED BY PRESSURE TACTICS, OR BRIBED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF MULTINATIONAL CONGLOMERATES, THE CIA, OR THE FBI. MULTINATIONAL CONGLOMERATES EXPLOIT BOTH DEVELOPING AND INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES BY CONTROLLING THEIR NATURAL RESOURCES, PRODUCTION MEANS, REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT, AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND BY SUPPRESSING WORKERS' LEGITIMATE DEMANDS FOR HIGHER WAGES THROUGH ARTIFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT, THEREBY ENSURING A CHEAP LABOR SUPPLY. SOVEREIGN AND DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY AND PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGES SHIELD THE PERPETRATORS OF THESE 'GOLDEN CRIMES.' IN ADDITION, CERTAIN FORMS OF CRIMINALITY ('BLACK CRIME FIGURES') ARE NEITHER DISCOVERED, NOR REPORTED, NOR PROSECUTED BY POLICE AND JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES, SOMETIMES DELIBERATELY, BUT OFTEN IN GOOD FAITH, BECAUSE THEY DO NOT FIT THE CRIME STEREOTYPES TO WHICH THE AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN TRADITIONALLY CONDITIONED: THEY INCLUDE ALL FORMS OF INSTITUTIONALIZED VIOLENCE AND VIOLATIONS OF BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL ETHICS (AS CONTRASTED TO STREET VIOLENCE AND DECENCY OFFENSES). BOTH 'GOLDEN' AND 'BLACK' CRIME CASES SELDOM COME TO TRIAL, HAVING BEEN FORGOTTEN, OR SETTLED OUT OF COURT. EVEN WHEN THEY ARE TRIED, THEY END MOSTLY IN ACQUITTAL. UNLESS LEGAL REMEDIES, BROUGHT ABOUT BY EVOLUTION OF CRIMINOLOGICAL POLICIES, ARE APPLIED TO THESE UNJUST PRACTICES, THE ALTERNATIVE WILL BE REVOLUTION. --IN SPANISH. (LGR)