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by hermitcrab 627 days ago
And quite a few of those in shady financial dealings. Happily hiding and laundering money for various kleptocrats. It has been noted that, just as the Roman Empire didn't really disappear - it became a church, the British Empire didn't really disappear - it became a bank.

The British government likes to make various noises about cleaning this up, but there are too many businesses in the City of London making money off the system for there to be much chance of that happening.
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rich_sasha 627 days ago
> the Roman Empire didn't really disappear - it became a church, the British Empire didn't really disappear - it became a bank.

Great quip!

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sealeck 626 days ago
There will always be some crime in any financial centre, but I think there's limited evidence that there's proportionally more financial crime going on in London than e.g. NYC or Frankfurt.
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mhh__ 626 days ago
The idea that serious evil is necessarily illegal in the first place is probably hilariously naive to begin with.
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hermitcrab 626 days ago
>there's limited evidence

Because the UK government is trying very hard to look the other way?

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