Mysteron

I think Moneyval is only interested in money laundering elements, and nothing else, so unless there are money laundering charges, prosecutions and convictions etc, it won't tick any boxes.

Seems a bit unusual that only the Gambling regulator has mentioned the criminal investigation. No comment or confirmation yet from the police as far as I can tell. Does the regulator conduct and prosecute its own criminal investigations, like the UK Post Office does/did? As others have stated, the police's social media feed usually goes into overdrive in situations like this. If they were trying to keep their actions low key, if indeed they are involved, then the regulator seems to have let the cat out of the bag. Probably a huge coincidence, but in the couple of days leading up to yesterday's regulator's announcement, five people, including two in the UK, have been detained for allegedly spying for China - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/22/germany-detains-three-suspected-chinese-spies

I find myself doing the same thing. Some local eateries seem to specialise in charging London prices, but providing local service. The two don't go together in my book. If I'm expected to pay a premium price, the least I expect is a comparable level of service etc. Don't get me wrong, some places which employ teenagers are very good, because the staff are well trained and/or managed, but in my experience there are seemingly an increasing number of places where the standards have slipped, and there seems to be an expectation from the owners/managers that customers should just accept it.

An acquaintance of mine is a Heading disciple, and has attended some of his talks. I have to confess their beliefs amuse me to some extent, until you realise how engulfed they are by what they believe. They're currently 'researching' aircraft contrails which are apparently poisoning us on a daily basis. Because they've somehow managed to work out what's really going on in the world, they've gained immunity from the contrails poisoning. According to them, it's my Covid jab which makes me susceptible. This is the same Covid jab which several years ago the acquaintance confidently predicted would cause me severe dementia (and most probably death) within a matter of months, and also allow the "murderer Bill Gates" to track my movements. Quite why Bill Gates would want to track my movements if I was dead, seems to have escaped their intellect entirely. When I point out to them that none of their prophecies in respect of my demise have yet to come true, I'm advised to "wait and see". That's their stock reply to any conspiracy theories points of view which differ to theirs. Sadly, I'm a lost cause because I'm uneducated and a sheeple. Unlike them.

With the recent national and international furore over the Royal Family manipulating images in the media, I'm already looking forward to seeing a picture of Camilla today posing with the Bee Gees statue on Loch Prom, and perhaps one of her sitting on Norman Wisdom's knee outside the Town Hall.

Like putting lipstick on a pig.

Maybe you can enlighten us with the evidence that the police turned "a blind eye to"? And the same evidence which presumably the legal eagles ignored too? Please don't ask us to read it for ourselves - you obviously know what it is, so should be able to tell us. "Throws its’ resources at teenagers with cannabis, and a little at fraudsters". Which of these categories are you putting Courtney Heading in?

He'll now have a captive audience to convert... Saw him striding down Strand Street yesterday wearing a 'Justice For The Jabbed' tee-shirt. He's received the former...

What incentive do they have to introduce any change within a 5 year term? None that I can see. Unless it increases revenue that is, then it tends to be introduced pretty swiftly. When elected, they like to bed themselves in for 18 months 'learning the ropes', and for the last 18 months of a current term they are winding down preparing for the next election. The middle two years of a 5 year term seem to be spent fannying around on personal vanity projects, sweeping things under the carpet or kicking serious issues into the long grass. Rinse and repeat every 5 years. A shorter term might concentrate a few minds, and perhaps ensure that members & departments etc work together more effectively to achieve things. And in my opinion, that's precisely why the sensible idea will never gain traction.

Ricardo's assertion that this masterplan is being driven and controlled by governments has one serious flaw in my opinion. If its outcome is successful, and Ricardo seems convinced it will be, how will governments raise revenue (taxes), if there's no one left to pay taxes? If water is fluoridated, surely Ricardo will consume it as well and suffer the same fate awaiting the rest of us. Presumably for humanitarian reasons Ricardo now prefers to let us discover our own fates rather than sharing his research/knowledge with us. How magnanimous. Back to the drawing board for Ricardo methinks.

Aren't you doing the same though, by holding your own rigid beliefs? When others on here have asked you to elaborate or fully explain your beliefs, you have refused, been obtuse, and told them to do their own research. Is that because you can't elucidate your own beliefs, or won't?

The last sentence of the FSA's Public Statement might indicate there is more to come for RBSI possibly. https://www.iomfsa.im/fsa-news/2024/feb/public-statement-concerning-the-imposition-of-a-civil-penalty-in-respect-of-the-royal-bank-of-scotland-international-limited/

RBSI is just the latest of several local financial insitutions to be sanctioned by the regulator in recent months, and nearly all for failing to have basic anti-money laundering measures in place. Generally speaking, these laws have been around for the thick end of twenty years now, so you'd think the financial institutions would be getting the hang of them by now. Seemingly not.

The unnecessary and stressful situation was caused by your daughter. No one else. She was speeding. Hope you can cope with the length of this post, as evidently comprehension isn't one of your strong points. I never mentioned her being cautioned, just being warned. Maybe your posts speak volumes about you, too. Your daughter must be grateful to have such a fabulous role model.

Was it the sheer number of people gathered around her car which intimidated your daughter, or the fact they were uniformed officers? Some people might have felt intimidated had it been only one officer. I imagine it's not a pleasant experience for any motorist pulled over by police for even the most minor motoring transgression, but it's probably lessened if they're let off with a warning. You don't say what your daughter's outcome was. Driving at 37 in a 30 in the UK would probably attract a prosecution/conviction. I can't recall any such prosecutions over here for that speed, but I might be wrong. Hopefully your daughter received a warning. Possibly more disconcerting is the apparent disregard that a 17-year-old newish driver has for the rules of the road, but we all makes mistakes. Presumably she didn't manage to see the 10 Hi Vis officers at the roadside in enough time to be able to adjust her speed accordingly. As with most interactions with police, they're entirely avoidable providing the correct choices are made.

Well, on the video someone can be heard saying "Shoot him". Maybe that's how the rest of society views it.

Several years ago I was 'inconvenienced' when police set up a cordon, which included where I lived, so they could deal/reason with some guy who'd 'phoned in threatening to cause all sorts of grief/mayhem. Despite being inconvenienced, I appreciated why the cordon/restrictions were in place. I later read that the incident was swiftly concluded when police with shields extracted the guy from where he'd barricaded himself in. He was an alcoholic, and had been making a nuisance of himself with neighbours etc for some time, due to his drunken and erratic behaviour. When the female officer at the cordon told me they were trying to reason with the guy, I knew how futile that tactic would be - trying to convince an aggressive drunk of the error of their ways. Good luck with that. There's only two ways to deal with those types of people in my opinion. The other way is to simply ignore their threats and behaviour. The neighbours can do this, but it isn't an option for the police when they're called to deal with it. I'm always reading court reports of drunks who claim to have absolutely no recollection of their behaviour, which I suppose is very convenient for them. Maybe the guy in Pulrose will have no recollection, who knows. However, if he does recollect the events which led to police attending and arresting him, here's hoping it might just dissuade him from repeating his shenanigans, if there happens to be a next time. I don't recall the police saying how long it took to conclude this week's operation, but I bet it was over and done with much quicker than if they'd utilised cordons and tried to reason etc with the individual. This incident was entirely preventable, but for the choices made by one drunken individual.

Taking him home might have been an option, had there been someone there to look after him. He might have been in no fit state to give his address. We don't know. Just imagine the headlines had he (say) been dropped off at his home with no one to care for him, and he ended up seriously injured or worse, due to his condition. Sleeping it off in a cell overnight. Just let out in the morning with a flea in his ear? It's a custody area, not a bed & breakfast establishment. Another option is that the guy could have taken some personal responsibility for his situation, and not got himself into that predicament. An entirely preventable situation on quite a few levels, but he chose not to exercise any of them. His choice. No one else's.

Sounds like their loss...

Perhaps the rarity of police deaths on duty in recent times might be down to their appropriate response to the types of incidents they are required to attend. Presumably the building worker and farmer deaths you refer to is due to workplace accidents, and not as a result of them being murdered etc by armed criminals.

Yes, the obligatory police advice to stay at home...

I'll bet its bins are emptied more than once a fortnight...

Roughly the same price as a handful of seats in the new Liverpool ferry terminal...

The impression I get with IOMG nowadays, is akin to a gambling addict's strategy. Continually chasing losses. One final roll of the dice. Shit or bust.

The market here seems to tick along nicely because of the profitability involved. Merseyside - where most of the drugs come from, judging by local media reports - must be amongst the cheapest areas in the UK to buy drugs, whereas the Isle of Man is probably amongst the most expensive areas. From a Merseyside perspective, there's a huge market for them to exploit.