Not just breaking the law but also out trust as well as damaging productivity the costs a huge what better person to talk to about that than an executive who was living the life frying Extravagant Party surrounded by the International Jet set only to end up a very lonely man locked up behind bars a reporter just met the manager who still insists he did nothing wrong. We come to a prison in frankfurt that for almost nine years was home to a disgraced media manager he was handed one of the longest sentences in german legal history for White Collar Crime. The prison with its barbed wire and security gates is an imposing place. Inmates typically live in cells measuring just ten square meters. Today the corporate consultant alexander has returned to visit. He used to live a life of luxury hosting huge parties costing up to a quarter of a Million Euros in his private villa in cape town and in germany what he called Customer Acquisition or business was deemed strictly pleasure by the company he worked for. His then employer and International Media and Marketing Agency had him charged with embezzlement. Subsequently arrested put on trial and found guilty. He had never felt lonely or. Visited twice a month with among. Some as good as no visitors. And i mean did you make the most of it. Hundred percent. Only with my family and my best friends you find. That. The ritsuko was one of the most important managers at the Agency Responsible for planning and booking Advertising Campaigns for Global Airlines and other clients. His job also involved defining target groups for consumer item producers developing Communications Content and promotional films he delivered sales of three billion euros a year. Also negotiated discounts on advertising broadcast time and concealed the proceeds in a network of companies his employer was left in the dark. The court later found him guilty on sixty eight counts of investment he was acquitted of charges in a civil court because he had made personal use of those profits. Maintained his innocence and refused to cut a deal with prosecutors to begin and his party. Would probably have come off far better if you had cooperated yet you got why didnt you. Because im convinced that im right and that my version is correct. If someone can provide objective arguments to the contrary and then i take it back immediately but as the prosecutor what im able to do that im sticking by my stance. As ive been stuck by complete. Right after his release from prison but sicko wasted no time joining forces with selected partners to set up a communications and advertising consultancy. What excited me to him. The new agency has offices in germany south africa and singapore the former manager is back in business. In. The Crucial Point is grasping reality if youre branded it first one gets manner of people who might not see my first customer since ive been out who said he didnt care policy as long as i made money for him nevitt springs to mind money. So how many of his friends from the jet set stuck by him. Even when he was in jail. Today he meets up with one of his best friends who also knows his life partner and. Friends for many years i came to appreciate his qualities in that time his strengths and his weaknesses. I know his entire family too and thomass family. So then you stand by your friends whatevers happened. Something really serious has to happen for you to get out. Of him so briefly considered giving up being incarcerated in the prison in frankfurt was a huge shock. Even thought about taking his life. You have no rights. Any falls with you to review. Judged from the moment your premises are righted. So once youre arrested youre put in a regular cell. First measure how long cable is. And whether its long enough for me and then other people i know can confirm your will to survive kicks in and helps you through those loads. Of the six hundred inmates in the prison he was one of a tiny number jailed for White Collar Crime. Alexander wrote sicko was released three years ago and is more determined than ever to realize fishers plans. Ambition can work wonders it can also be poison for money into the mix and youve got yourself a recipe for corporate crime almost half of all germanys Big Companies have had to deal with cases over the past couple years mostly committed by stuff bosses to describe employees so manages have the perfect profile for such an act of stealth or someone who just thinks theyre worth more than they paid actually thats quite a lot of us if you have a tucked away a payment without bringing it up put in for overtime you know what its all taken things even further. This is the story of one persons plunge into White Collar Crime joe is in court he defrauded the toy manufacturer he works for to the tune of one Million Euros. Its not that he really needed the money he actually earns well there as head of the purchasing department but joes still deeply unhappy with his company his last promotion was ten years ago he wants more. So he comes up with a plan joe as a logical self interested personality pay weighs the risk of being caught against the potential gains. He takes advantage of his privileged position sells toys without informing his company and pockets the revenues then he covers up his crime by forging paperwork. To ease his conscience joe tells himself hell pay it back someday for months his plan works he feels in control of the situation but joe miscalculated and is of eventually caught. Criminals like joe cost the German Economy an estimated one hundred billion euros every year one in four of those who commit fraud are top level managers. The official figures are actually falling with fewer White Collar Crimes committed and less cash involved but many White Collar Crimes go unreported because companies are worried about image. They adopt compliance regulations asking employees to voluntarily follow the rules thats one way to help hinder fraud and corruption. Maybe next time joe will follow them to five years from now when he gets out of jail. Well germany has a two tier board system for Corporate Governance its meant to provide transparency and keep executives in check but its not always watertight and greed can be hard to tackle his great hoffman on a very testing assignment to meet the chairman of the Supervisory Board of what was germanys biggest construction firm. Its now a midsized Engineering Firm public thanks to a series of Corruption Scandals. Planning to. Base a small gift is a good way to maintain friendships and make new ones thats why red wine and a small and cold. Yeah thats brought you a Little Something dont things but obviously i can accept this on blow by have to give it back. To look really ive hoped our interview would be especially nice this with. Compliance is full compliance is very important to us so were always very careful i have to pass everything on to our head of compliance put it to good use and food on sick clients means sticking to a companys own rules against corruption tom blades wants to show he can be born in recent years corruption has been an issue at his company. Which produces an install factory equipment while why the biggest Corruption Case emerged in one in two thousand and three where subsidiary paid bribes to the government to land. In beijing i was fined thirty two Million Dollars. The Us Department of justice is also watching that closely because the scandal involved an American Joint venture partner blades has just returned from the us why he and his predecessors have had to provide regular updates on the compliance since the case against the company was proven in twenty thirteen. Senora nothing for five ten years after the event we had to pay a fine was an assigned deferred prosecution agreement and deferred prosecution agreement as and lays down what we have to do to make sure we show that were compliant that listen and that we will remain compliant in the future as well compliance leaving duffield compliance not. In the. Plates was born in england his mother is german and hes worked for German Companies for years he came to beijing out in may twenty sixth seen ok he. Says and thats how you took over just at the time of the nigerian case so why dont you give it all three here they are to wait until they take a step back. When and please mind that sign is that part of compliance no its health and safety was he warned me if youre telling me to graph the railing when the call come on mr blades you dont do that all the time surely its mine each and every time because rule number two be a good example. All right this is setting a good example ok so where were. You arrived in beijing as it was dealing with the fallout from nigeria. Thats right it was underway before you could have gone to work for a company with fewer challenges one perhaps with more positive prospects without it being anything so i didnt come here because of the corruption. I came here because this companys undergoing a transformational thing. Because ive been working for almost forty years on the Industrial Services business that he reasoned and thats why i said yes ill go for that on the sins of the u. S. Markets because of this you know when voting and says it sets up a compliant system what does that mean. Compliance is i include guns im not a smile clients is quite straightforward its keeping a promise of integrity youve got a very simple example is whats appropriate and say youre in talks with a client and decide ok lets go for something to eat you know whats appropriate there if its a president someone from the very top of it then whats appropriate is very different from whats appropriate when youre out with the guys from the construction sites when cooling off the bus that is in town. It wasnt only nigeria at the world cup in brazil in twenty fourteen a subsidiary was accused of paying bribes to get contracts a financial company. Purchased half more of a kind of penalties to employees face you might have cited spiffing a few mean regarding malfeasance or corruption that based. This is a radical case but we have to be prepared for such cases initially wed hand the contract back because we cheated to get it. Wed start an investigation to find out who was behind it all. And employees would have to reckon with us filing a criminal complaint with prosecutors. And other to also be internal consequences including sacking people. And theyd have to expect wed also want compensation. Yes we lost the contract. Give us a shade for me its about hygiene for me just like with a hospital if a hospital isnt clean then its a bad hospital its not about good or bad doctors want to hospitals no longer clean size and you simply wouldnt go there in the eightys albuquerque stayed. Right in understanding it was a venue for the i was going to thank god to decide just since. Divine pressure so ive left the wine here its up steps in the Compliance Department will be cataloged and maybe turn up in a raffle to raise money for a good cause obviously didnt keep the cash and the same ethics also apply to me as a journalist zero tolerance for bribery. Compliance has become an essential part of any companys operations White Collar Crime can start small a bottle of wine here. What feels perfectly respectable to begin with can all too easily slide into full blown corruption and not just in the Business World politicians need to abide by a code of ethics that is International Headlines a forever revealing they often dart it feels like this year weve seen even more Corruption Scandals involving politicians than usual is a roundup of some recent high profile cases. March twenty eighth seen peruvian president pedro public steps down less than two years into office the reason corruption allegations. A few weeks later former south korean President Park geun hague sentenced to twenty four years in prison for abuse of power under the charges. Soon thereafter little to silva former president of brazil begin serving a twelve year sentence. For taking bribes. The problem is a global one. And im f survey of millennial suggests that corruption is their biggest cause of concern. Living in a society where corruption is common means fewer opportunities. To meits the corruption cost of the Global Economy one three quarter trillion euros every year the top of germanys on you an economic output. In germany incidentally runs on a list of perceived levels of Public Sector corruption with new zealand taking top honors the least corrupt country. Coming in last to somalia. As we heard earlier the International Construction industry offers a rich pickings for white collar criminals the South African government has started using drones to watch out for corruption on Building Sites hopefully it will monitor hundreds of projects over the next few years besides checking quality of work of schedule compliance and ensure nobodys taking materials off site johannesburg recently busted several subcontractors for stealing six Million Dollars worth of equipment from job sites corruption can be endemic in the industry and result in astronomically high losses and not only in cities undergoing building booms but also in smaller places in germany to. Kagans book. And adele exists in bavaria with a population of one hundred forty eight thousand on its outskirts is a hot finish construction project. The project has proved highly controversial dodgy dealings between developers and politicians supposedly took place. The city has been grappling with the Corruption Scandal for more than a year stefan i know was the first to report on the case hes the editor of an independent online newspaper which ran stories other reporters are reluctant to go now. Just Decision Making has been apparent in the Construction Industry for twenty years its always the same players exemptions and benefits are always granted to the same people. In the last two years Public Prosecutors have started looking into it and are investigating the current mayor and his predecessor for corruption. And their bags has been suspended and tunde down our request for an interview hes currently not allowed to return to duty an investigation into his actions is on the way. Stefan i know has long been reporting on the ties between local politicians and construction firms. I know. Of the for their wealth according to the Public Prosecutor one developer was hoping to be awarded a contract for a construction project worth twenty six Million Euros for it if he got the contract and then the very same developer according to the Public Prosecutor is believed to have donated nearly five hundred thousand euros to the current mayors election campaign. This is according to the report his own investigation Public Prosecutors are investigating a number of people one Property Developer has already been sentenced. Starts which after. Prosecutors have brought charges against a number of individual sites and off one developer has already appeared before court. Where he was fined and given a suspended sentence for bribery and granting undue benefits. Stephan i know is convinced there are further cases that could be investigated hes well networked and has a good overview of what goes on and begins going on. He runs into a former men who knew about. The corruption remains for years you. Guys did refers to order snow and knew exactly what was happening whether associates in the Construction Business were benefiting from one another our money was changing hands there was talk of property dealings will be issue was even written about certain people are supposed to have been involved rumors circulated as right way and. They can spot is a thriving city its economy is growing unemployment is low. Here at city hall we have a meeting at the department of personnel and administration. Says the suspended matt is innocent until proven guilty. Reading is. Written zuckerberg is in no way corrupt to the same in this respect as any other local administration in germany. We live in a democracy we have by and by the rule of law is based on this one its important to ensure no one in Public Administration is corrupt or white. Stefan id never remain skeptical of the trial set to begin in zero seven he predicts it will be years before the case is a closed. Now when it comes to political intrigue corruption top level investigations of the most delicate type scandal spying and the best to emerge from the swamp they call washington and if you find yourself at the center of an inquiry you may just want to think about your appearance how you come across from what you wear because as our style guru says the white in your wardrobe can say a lot about your case. You know i was just dreaming about robot mode. But ive heard of it he is currently leading the investigation into this guy is rushing. Hes the only man that donald is currently really afraid of. Also hes a war hero decorated it did not he was the director of the f. B. I. For twelve years and hes famous for one more thing. He only ever wear. White so. I mean always no exceptions none at all. When he was the director of the f. B. I. People. Wouldnt you. Like blue shit then you would notice a normal i. Q. I think its because in the movies the good guy is always wearing a watch. I salute him you cant go through life without ever wearing a purple tie or silk pocket square old golden conflicts but you can never live a decent life without the white shop at a white shirt is like an empty canvas and you like an old friend its like freshly fallen snow. White marble pure and simple it has a boss and a white shirt to say see building it cannot ever be the wrong choice put one in the morning and youve got fifty percent of your own food sorted the rest just falls into place. Why not take a leaf out of his book and let the color of angels do the talking. 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