Without transparent and independent oversight, every organisation ultimately proves vulnerable to the lure of money
As a young journalist, I remember looking across the news desk one night at a row of brown envelopes awaiting a messenger. Each was addressed to a central London police station. It was, apparently, for the “police benevolent fund” and was for “tip-offs”. But tip-offs of what? I was shocked.
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