I get a little upset when people want a crackdown on street crime but seem to forgive white-collar crime because "you won't get them anyway", while you easily could say that about street crime too. Arguably the US has one of the harshest policies regarding small time criminals with the highest incarceration rates of any developed country, but can't seem to actually get it under control.
What people fail to see that these small crimes like theft, drug dealing, assassinations are done because white-collar criminals can launder money. If the money can't be laundered, drug money loses much of its worth.
It is understandable that seeing young men lying dead in the street is more tangible than a bank looking away or cooperating when they come across suspicious transactions. Yet if we want to really have an impact we'll have to do something else than (just) busting small time criminals for their crimes. The big guys make the small guys do the dirty stuff.
What people fail to see that these small crimes like theft, drug dealing, assassinations are done because white-collar criminals can launder money. If the money can't be laundered, drug money loses much of its worth.
It is understandable that seeing young men lying dead in the street is more tangible than a bank looking away or cooperating when they come across suspicious transactions. Yet if we want to really have an impact we'll have to do something else than (just) busting small time criminals for their crimes. The big guys make the small guys do the dirty stuff.