Given the epic level of shameless corruption and greed we've seen exposed state-side in the last few months a story like this is all the more hard to process. In the UK a husband and wife commit suicide together, rather than face the outcome of an ongoing bribery investigation. Tragic, unbelievable. All over a few trinkets - cars watches, etc. - not even close to the billions we've seen people like Dreier, Stanford and Madoff piss through.

-- MDT

Labels: Anthony Burgess, bribery