Infine, le aziende idriche coinvolte nello scandalo delle fognature sono state colpite da un record di 96 indagini penali
Finally, water firms in sewage scandal hit by record 96 criminal investigations
di Gentle_Snail
Infine, le aziende idriche coinvolte nello scandalo delle fognature sono state colpite da un record di 96 indagini penali
Finally, water firms in sewage scandal hit by record 96 criminal investigations
di Gentle_Snail
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About time. Renationalise forcibly, with no money to compensate and bring this sham of market forced improvement capitalism (seriously how do you choose another provider to get better value lol!) to a much needed end!
In the last 35 years they have had over 1500 cases against them regarding pollution. It means nothing
Ofwat and Ea are either absolute inept, not fit for purpose, or maybe there’s stuff going on behind the scenes that we don’t know about…. You know.. it’s called corruption
I can’t wait for them to be fined a tiny proportion of the profits they’ve made.
Now to have a government that favours people and not criminals.
So this is after they’ve paid themselves over 70 billion in dividends? They’re going to pay this back right?
Let’s do the same with the big pharma gangsters they killed millions with the C vaxes and gave turbocharged cancers to 100 of millions
According to Thames website the plans my local sewage works are… “We expect this location to meet all government targets for storm overflows by 2045 – 2050”
Oh that’s ok then, only another 20 odd years of shite in the river. Absolute joke. It’s already one of the worst in the country based on hours of continuous discharge and the new housing builds are never ending.
They should make CEOs and their direct reports criminally liable. For banks the regulator makes them name people that would be personally criminally liable, same should apply for these, as over 1000 breaches in a 1 year period is clearly flagrant disregarding of laws.
The real question is, what consequences do they face?
Is it just more fines or is actual jail time for the CEO’s and board members on the table?
From what I understand, the fines they’ve had previously for breaches were all bellow the amount they made in profits… by a lot. The money lost didn’t hurt them in the slightest, they just reported less profits, but still profits, so they still got their bonuses and congratulations.
Nothing will change until actual jail time for CEO’s is the penalty for poisoning waterways and the sea.
I wanna see even one conviction, financial penalty is pointless. Responsible people need to have criminal charges for that.
The whole thing is corrupt to the core. It needs ripping out and starting over. New laws need to be bought in to say no government can privatise national infrastructure and ring fence it for future generations.
Good. I hope they are buried under the overdue charges. And whenever this subject arises, I always recommend Watch Dirty Business | Stream free on Channel 4 https://share.google/tq8z2zwwvp7PcEv2Q
Shame on every bloody one of them
> The 4,444 permit breaches by water companies in England in 2025 marks the highest number ever recorded by the EA.
So broke the rules 4,444 times and only 96 criminal investigations. Thats around a 2.16% investigation rate, no wonder they don’t care. This was only what was caught, the number of breaches is definitely far higher than that.