Your medication’s wearing off

Point taken, Silvio. I have witnessed corruption in other countries.

However, never to the refined heights of some of the locals. Even down to the meter reader, turning back the meter for a few lira.

Also, one should not have to resort to ‘unetichal’ methods in order to ‘surrvive’.

I understand fully.

Nobody can deny that he is nothing but a conman. On the other hand, we must not give the impression that these things only happen in Malta.

They happen all over the world, and they will keep on happening (even in China where they impose the death penalty on case of corruption).

No, it’s not only “the Maltese who haven’t figured that out yet”.

We must not be to quick in condemning the businessmen, without first knowing the circumstances. Sometimes one has to use unetichal methods to survive.

I accept that this might not sound right, but the world is what it is and they have to survive.

Not familiar names at all. Or maybe they were front men for other businessmen?

Was it W C Fields who said “Never give a sucker an even break” ?

These are usually sorts who pose as upright citizens and cry foul at every turn, especially were politicians are concerned.

If contemplated by law they should be sent to prison or given the stiffest sentence possible.

The media, if serious about its views on corruption, should give full and sustained coverage to this and similar cases. Their crime is many times more serious than that of the confidence trickster who probably needs psychological help.

Are the ‘businesses’ suing the conman for not actually passing on their bribe money to the government officials and keeping it himself instead?

It seems to me they are suing him for not committing the crime he was meant to commit – or something like that. I am left somewhat confused.