[l] Der Guardian hat einen faszinierenden Artikel ĂŒber DĂ€nemark.
Da gab es jetzt eine Fernsehserie namens Schwarzer Schwan, in der eine szenebekannte GeldwĂ€sche-Expertin mit versteckter Kamera "Klienten" in ihr BĂŒro gelassen und zu GestĂ€ndnissen vor laufender Kamera verleitet hat.
Die DĂ€nen halten DĂ€nemark fĂŒr die Krone der Schöpfung, wenn es um Korruption geht. Korruption? Gibt es hier nicht! Also ja, vielleicht mal ein bisschen Kleinkram, wo man in anderen LĂ€ndern drĂŒber lachen wĂŒrde.
Und das hat diese Serie offenbar nachdrĂŒcklich zertrĂŒmmert, dieses Selbstbild.
One out of every two Danes has seen the documentary. After its release, a biker-gang member and his accountant were charged with financial crimes and taken into custody; others, including a municipal official, are under investigation. The Danish Bar and Law Society formally apologised to the minister of justice for the conduct of two lawyers caught on camera; they have been either fired or disbarred. A new money-laundering law was introduced to give banks more oversight over âclient accountsâ â the kind of accounts in which lawyers pool the funds of several clients and transact on their behalf, and that featured in many of the machinations in Smajicâs office. In her New Yearâs speech, Denmarkâs prime minister suggested biker-gang criminals ought to be stripped of their pension rights â a detail so specific it was surely inspired by The Black Swan.
Von so einem Impact kann ein investigativer Journalist normalerweise nur trÀumen.
Sehr witzig auch: Die Nachbarstaaten haben das auch gesehen und wurden sehr nervös. Wenn das in DÀnemark SO abgeht, dann ist das bei uns bestimmt noch viel schlimmer!
Launiges Detail am Rande:
One of the filmâs revelations, BrĂŒgger says in a voiceover, is the connection âbetween the nice-looking, everyday citizens and the underworldâ. In Smajicâs presence, a lawyer named Lise Roulund delivers to Fasar a USB drive full of confidential documents she has obtained from the police â an illegal act in itself. On suspicions of money-laundering, Fasarâs bank account has been frozen, so Roulund helps him enact his tax dodges by transferring money in and out of an account she controls. Without lawyers willing to look the other way, criminal activity would seize up, Roulund says. âWeâre the ones who make it go around.â
Aber die Pointe am Ende will ich mal nicht verraten. MĂŒsst ihr selber lesen.
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