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EU moving towards total monetary surveillance and banning all anonymous payments (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 years ago* by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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[–] 19 points 2 years ago (7 children)

I am pretty sure the lesser part of corruption is cash. Probably more stuff like exchanging a lucrative contract for political support.

They are not stupid. Afterall cash needs to be explained, a good contract gives you cash and the explanation.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Cash is mostly traceable at point of contact unless you keep it in a money bin and don't spend it, though..

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    Not necessarily, it's only traceable if you generate receipts on both sides. I don't know about EU law, but in the US, you only need to report cash deposits if they're over $10k, and if your deposits are always over $10k (e.g. you're a big retailer or something), another $10k here and there won't raise any eyebrows.

    Cash is still king when it comes to corruption since it's easy to exchange it for favors w/o generating a receipt at all.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    Can't say in terms of proportion cash vs. non-cash but one might want to watch the Qatargate recent documentary on Arte which shows that somehow a 700k EUR luggage was found in the house of a MEP. Piles of cash sound outdated yet clearly still exist nowadays.

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