Crime: Make it pay.
The general perception of law-abiding people is that crime pays. It would appear that from anecdotal evidence and the glorifying of crime via various media, seems to raise the fascination profile of it to such an extent that there is the perception that it, crime, is also on the increase.
For some time there has been a large number of reported incidents relating to very dodgy traders ripping innocent people off with little chance of those affected getting any recompense. These deviant traders purport to offer goods or carry out work at an extortionate cost; often not delivering, or they do sub standard work, non-essential work and extract payment sometime with a degree of menace.
In other cases spoof companies set up to trade and cheat people out of cash. Some individuals involved have been previously banned from holding Âdirectorship or have been stopped from trading but these individual restart under another name or hide behind a non- deplume to carry on their nefarious activities and this is repeated time and again.
The police do not treat such commercial or private theft as being all that serious and it is often difficult to get the actual in action evidence of a suitable nature to take these crooks to task. Even in the happy event that some are caught the puny sentences applied is not a deterrent to stop them getting into action again as the rewards far outweigh any legitimate income that they may be able to earn. Even in the cases of petty criminals, house burglary, car theft, shop thieving, opportunity thieves etc those caught in the act, are often not dissuaded from re offending as it is seen as an acceptable hazard of the job.
White collar crime i.e. computer, corporate financial manipulation, stock market, company / commercial crime is also treated leniently and a lethargic attitude is displayed by the police in pursuing it, but physical attacks on a train, plane, bank robbery, or state asset generally has a more active assault applied to finding the culprits and the eventual instigation of proceeding upon it.
While this relaxed approach is the case it will always be profitable to be a crook providing that the crime is aimed at the individual or corporate and not at the instruments of state.
A solution would be to treat these people in the same way as is now possible with drug dealers and sequestrate all their direct and indirect assets and make them prove it was earned honestly, failing which, it is all confiscated from them.
It should also be possible to turn the legal situation around; in such cases instead of the state having to prove their guilt make them, the prosecuted, prove their innocence. In addition once being found guilty they should have a permanent tag physically inserted into their body that is zone limited, i.e. they are restricted to a given area, not allowed to leave unless permitted.
There may be some merit in treating first time thieve with some leniency but with corrupt traders and habitual crooks, those with proven intent or a record, there should be no easing of a sentence and the balance of probability should always be on them being guilty.
The police would of course argue that they do take all crime seriously however it is evident that this is not the case as the actual cost of pursing a crime is taken into account and is measure by the likelihood of getting a good enough conviction, hence many are quietly dropped. Despite the benefits of investigative journalism exposing some of the persistent activities of rough traders etc, there is little that is done to diminish the crooked activities.
That fact is that we are not hitting these crooks hard enough, hard enough to make it hurt them and we should be able control their action, maybe also dissuade others from taking a crooked path to riches.
P. 6.1.06
For some time there has been a large number of reported incidents relating to very dodgy traders ripping innocent people off with little chance of those affected getting any recompense. These deviant traders purport to offer goods or carry out work at an extortionate cost; often not delivering, or they do sub standard work, non-essential work and extract payment sometime with a degree of menace.
In other cases spoof companies set up to trade and cheat people out of cash. Some individuals involved have been previously banned from holding Âdirectorship or have been stopped from trading but these individual restart under another name or hide behind a non- deplume to carry on their nefarious activities and this is repeated time and again.
The police do not treat such commercial or private theft as being all that serious and it is often difficult to get the actual in action evidence of a suitable nature to take these crooks to task. Even in the happy event that some are caught the puny sentences applied is not a deterrent to stop them getting into action again as the rewards far outweigh any legitimate income that they may be able to earn. Even in the cases of petty criminals, house burglary, car theft, shop thieving, opportunity thieves etc those caught in the act, are often not dissuaded from re offending as it is seen as an acceptable hazard of the job.
White collar crime i.e. computer, corporate financial manipulation, stock market, company / commercial crime is also treated leniently and a lethargic attitude is displayed by the police in pursuing it, but physical attacks on a train, plane, bank robbery, or state asset generally has a more active assault applied to finding the culprits and the eventual instigation of proceeding upon it.
While this relaxed approach is the case it will always be profitable to be a crook providing that the crime is aimed at the individual or corporate and not at the instruments of state.
A solution would be to treat these people in the same way as is now possible with drug dealers and sequestrate all their direct and indirect assets and make them prove it was earned honestly, failing which, it is all confiscated from them.
It should also be possible to turn the legal situation around; in such cases instead of the state having to prove their guilt make them, the prosecuted, prove their innocence. In addition once being found guilty they should have a permanent tag physically inserted into their body that is zone limited, i.e. they are restricted to a given area, not allowed to leave unless permitted.
There may be some merit in treating first time thieve with some leniency but with corrupt traders and habitual crooks, those with proven intent or a record, there should be no easing of a sentence and the balance of probability should always be on them being guilty.
The police would of course argue that they do take all crime seriously however it is evident that this is not the case as the actual cost of pursing a crime is taken into account and is measure by the likelihood of getting a good enough conviction, hence many are quietly dropped. Despite the benefits of investigative journalism exposing some of the persistent activities of rough traders etc, there is little that is done to diminish the crooked activities.
That fact is that we are not hitting these crooks hard enough, hard enough to make it hurt them and we should be able control their action, maybe also dissuade others from taking a crooked path to riches.
P. 6.1.06
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