Today’s greatest thieves are those who are stealing the modern commons – raiding government budgets, defiling the natural environment, and preying on the public trust. When the indictments against the 14 FIFA officials were filed, the cast of characters included not only miscreants from the sports world, but also some familiar players: secret Swiss bank accounts, Cayman Islands tax havens, shell corporations – all of the financial appurtenances that are literally designed to shield the rich from scrutiny and the law.
今天偷盗现代平民——抢劫政府预算、玷污自然环境、掠夺公众信任者才是最大的窃贼。14名国际足联官员的起诉书所牵扯的不仅是体育界的罪犯，还有某些非常熟悉的机构：瑞士银行秘密账户、开曼群岛避税天堂、空壳公司——以上一切金融附属产业都旨在保护富人免受法律的监督和惩罚。