Fraud isn't African

Fraud is global.
Africa is just the easy target.
When fraud happens in the West, it’s “a loophole.”
When it happens in Africa, it’s “corruption.”
Same crime. Different PR team.
Enron.
2008 financial collapse.
Panama Papers.
FTX.
Not African.
Africa isn’t the motherland of fraud—
it’s the scapegoat in a system that refuses to look in the mirror.
Fraud isn’t African.
It’s human

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helenS · 36-40, F

Here's a corruption level world map (green: low corruption level, ochre to red: high level). Source: https://www.worlddata.info/corruption.php

What you can clearly see is that the much-maligned "West" features the lowest levels. Japan is low-level too, and Africa doesn't really look good.

KatyO83 · 41-45, F

@helenS that's a corruption perception index. Since you can't really measure directly something hidden. So one counter argument is that the green countries simply have a better hidden system of corruption and public perception of it is better manged by a more sophisticated media.

helenS · 36-40, F

@KatyO83 They are better liars... 😏