Escobar’s corruption of the Colombian state allowed him to build Hacienda Nápoles , a 7.7-square-mile estate that redefined narco-obscenity.
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In another corner of the globe, a massive embezzlement scheme unfolded within a state-run oil enterprise. What made this case obscene was not just the volume of money lost, but the sheer triviality of how it was spent while the company faced bankruptcy. The Siphoning of Public Wealth corruption obscene tales