corruption in disaster recovery

Cannot remember on which list systemic concerns came up in discussion
Basically, the corruption system is so strong that involves the highest
public figures, and the rest just follow the money and do not complain
about the lack of transparency. Thanks to serious systemic clean up efforts
of the last twenty years,  we now have enough people in the system ready to
blow the whistle
quick note below for the record
is anyone else studying /researching the systemic deviation/corruption in
emergency management and crisis response?
happy new year all

PDM


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Corruption and Disaster Response: 4 Arrests in Aquila Earthquake
Bribes Involved
Deputy Mayor, public
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Content Wire, (SRU) Systemic Resilience Unit, Wednesday, 08 January 2014,
366 Words, Copyright © 2014 Content Wire (Document
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More than 40 Police officers in Aquila, Italy hit by earthquake in April
2009 and where reconstruction has been slow due to lack of administrative
transparency, have carried out searches and issued 4 arrest warrants, for
crimes of false pretense, bribery, forgery and material and ideological
embezzlement..

The operation called "Do ut des" or "Eagle Affair"(from the name of the
city Aquila meaning Eagle) is being instructed by magistrates at the
request of public prosecutors of L'Aquila Antoinette Picardi and David
Mancini, and coordinated by the Attorney Fausto Cardella.

The operation, started in November 2012, The operation, started in November
2012, confirms the existence of a deeply corrupt system, according to which
some entrepreneurs interested in the work for the post-earthquake
reconstruction
provided illegal donations in bundles of 500 thousand Euros each
(mazzette), bestowed to public officials in return for the award of
contracts from September 2009 to July 2011

The searches are focusing on professional and public administration
networks where the projects and the funding of post-quake are managed.
According to investigators, one of the officials involved would allocate to
some companies engaged in the construction work of reconstruction,
temporary housing units (Map) which would then be resold.

A total of 8 people under investigation for bribery and post- earthquake
procurement including deputy mayor of L'Aquila, Roberto Riga, Pierluigi
Tancredi, director of local health administration body ASL, at the time
councilor delegate for the recovery and protection of the assets
constituting the city's artistic heritage, Vladimiro Placido, a former city
councilor for reconstruction of cultural heritage as well as Director of
the Consortium of the cultural heritage of the Province of L'Aquila.

Through wiretaps and handling banking account investigators obtained a
snapshot of the existence of an alleged system of bribes, in particular the
work for the safety of damaged buildings. The crime is corruption, in which
bribes were used by entrepreneurs to obtain the award of contracts.

Some suspects are accused of embezzlement for counterfeiting of the stock
records, the sum of approximately € 1,268,000 relating to the payment of
part of the work.
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