Wikileaks: Hiding Africa's Looted Funds: The Silence of Western Media

[SealLion]

Quite often when you read newspapers, listen to radio and watch television in the West you learn how poor Africans are and how corrupt African leaders are. But you will never watch, read or hear anything in these media outlets about the role being played by Western banking institutions: property development and estate companies; the big corporations; and the western political and business elite in promoting corruption in Africa.....bribes are offered in order to secure contracts, secure official favour or to induce officials in order to influence the out come of a government decision. In other instances people become corrupt because of the existence of favouring conditions as can be seen in most western countries with their banking secrecy laws........Corruption is rife in Africa because there are banking institutions in Europe especially Switzerland, France, Jersey Island, Britain, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Austria, US and many others who accept money from African leaders without questioning the source of the money

There's a great deal more on the Wikileaks site.

Check it out:

Hiding Africa's Looted Funds: The Silence of Western Media - Wikileaks

Is this surprising considering the web of silence throughout the world of different material and content that is supposed to be hidden from pple like you and me??

[slikrapid]

Is this surprising considering the web of silence throughout the world of different material and content that is supposed to be hidden from pple like you and me??

well, there are many sites dealing with these problems and a solid amount of documentaries - the problem is, even when they are able to speak freely, still they are largely overshadowed by the 'official' media & an almost 'infinite' number of official report recycling 'news' sites, not to mention non-internet media