[keysguy]

Very interesting stuff there, thanks.

The problem is, IMHO, Europe and much of the rest of the world commonly take and make payoffs that would land someone in jail over here. It's almost a way of life for them but not for us.

I will be surprised if Koffi, his kid or many higher ups ever get caught. If there are bigger trails to the US "maybe" something will happen but foreign corruption,is not really that big a news even though the scale of this is mind boggling. Over 20 billion.

Many of the higher ups, leaders of many countries of the world are basically corrupt, Mexico, Cuba, Russia, much of the mid-East on and on.

[arasina]

The problem is, IMHO, Europe and much of the rest of the world commonly take and make payoffs that would land someone in jail over here. It's almost a way of life for them but not for us.

That's the key...eh...keysguy. :-) The key to what makes democracy so important. The difference between free countries that have established fair justice systems and balanced government instead of a World Court with communist/socialist/Islamic dictators at the helm.

It's also the key to my perhaps idealistic view that America's good will triumph over the evil of world criminals. I mean, if Anne Frank can see the spark of hope in humanity during one of history's darkest times, surely I can.