Illustration: Image Bill Texas / Courtesy Adbusters

Caught in the Act⁷

Peddling junk– dangerous products

Types of Crime

Enviro-crimes

Oil spill: the death toll mounts.

Graeme Ewens / Panos

Peddling junk– dangerous products

Disposable employees – death on the job

Peter Frischmuth / Panos

Cooking the books – fraud

The Singapore derivatives market – not for the faint of heart.

Chris Stowers / Panos

Greasing the wheels – bribery

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7. George Draffen, www.endgame.org
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11. www.transparency.org
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18. www.vthc.org.au
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20. On the Net Business News, www.rediff.com, May 1999

This article is from the July 2003 issue of New Internationalist.

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