Britain most corrupt country in the World: Mafia expert

Britain is the most corrupt country in the world, according to leading author and journalist Roberto Saviano 36, who stays under police protection after spending over a decade exposing one of Italy’s most powerful organized crime syndicates (Italian Mafia) in 2006.

He made the remarks during an unusual appearance at the Hay Literary Festival on Saturday. He said banks are allowing offshore criminals to pump their money into the British economy.

He said: “If I asked you what is the most corrupt place on Earth you might tell me well it’s Afghanistan, maybe Greece, Nigeria, the South of Italy, and I will tell you it’s the UK.

Roberto noted that “It’s not UK bureaucracy, police, or politics, but what is corrupt is the financial capital. Ninety per cent of the owners of capital in London have their headquarters offshore.”

Saviano also said that tax havens in UK dependencies like Jersey and the Cayman islands “are the access gates to criminal capital  in Europe and the UK is the country that allows it.”

He warned that leaving the European Union would expose the UK to more organized crimes.
The Italian journalist said HSBC bank was an example of a British institution that handled “criminal capital” in the country.
In 2012, HSBC paid about £1.2 fine to settle money laundering allegations in the United States.

“Jersey and the Cayman’s are the access gates to criminal capital in Europe and the UK is the country that allows it. That is why it is important why it is so crucial for me to be here today and to talk to you because I want to tell you , this is about you, this is about your life, this is about your government.

“Leaving the EU means allowing this to take place. It means allowing the Qatari societies, the Mexican cartels, the Russia Mafia to gain even more power and HSBC has paid £2 billion Euros in fines to the US government, because it confessed that it had laundered money coming from the cartels and the Iranian companies. We have proof, we have evidence.”

Saviano said: “I was 26 years old when I got myself into this situation and I could not imagine that it would end like this because many books have been written on the Mafia, but it was my book that made them so angry.

“I was telling real facts, I was naming names. My life is unique. I am followed by two bullet proofed cars and by more than five officers and that brings about a feeling of guilt sometimes because you exposed yourself too much, you were not cautious enough.

“But the freedom of expression that you enjoy is not to be taken for granted and there is always somebody who fights for it and if it’s not you it’s somebody else in your place.

“I consider myself lucky that I was not killed. When you start telling these stories you know that your life is at stake, you know you might be killed, but what scares you the most is defamation.” The London City needs to be cleaned up. All of London basically functions on trickled down blood money. It's disgusting.