and romania -- on the hunt for smugglers. tax fraud is not a trivial offense. tax dodgers are criminals in the eyes of the law even if they are famous. it is as simple as that. but of course, we all take a very close look whenever celebrities are caught outlining their own pockets. in spain, the monarchy has just been battered by another scandal because for the first time, a princess is a formal suspect in a corruption inquiry. and since christina, the youngest daughter of the king, had to appear in court over alleged money-laundering and tax evasion -- princess christina. her husband is accused of embezzlement of public funds. judges have to decide if they will press formal charges against the princess. >> a reporter for spain's largest daily joins around 400 other journalists, all waiting for the big moment -- the arrival of the daughter of the spanish king. they want to know just how blind love can be. until now, she has kept silent on the corruption scandal surrounding her husband, but now, she has been called to testify in court. >> this is a historic mome

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also bulgaria, romania, ukraine. this is a destination spot, and just in front of me, i can kind of see it is the nation of georgia. this is the russian rivera, a beautiful place to be. reporting from the sochi games, janell wang, nbc bay area news. >> do you see turkey? do you see romania and georgia? thank you, janell. more olympics coverage after this news cast and tomorrow beginning at 3:00 and our 8:00 coverage we have skiing and of course, figure skating among other things. >>> let's turn things over to chief meteorologist jeff ranieri with your forecast. >> that was so awesome to see her live on the black sea. this radar shows the rainfall very, very close. it's so frustrating to us, of course. we remain in the drought. the bulk of the rain will stay to the north. but tomorrow morning, areas of drizzle at the coastline and for the peninsula. right now, most of that throughout the golden gate bridge. we'll show you that on our live skyc camera network. 56 right now. six-mile visibility in the east bay. in san f

where most jews were not communist and most communist were not jews, but you had a salient groups in romania, hungary, and poland and other places. in the late 1940s and early 1950s they tried to regain their legitimacy by putting their jewish leaders on trial and accusing them of being american spies and so on. this was something that stalin was very much support of, if not the motive force. so stalin used try to bolster their regime. >> wit was written it is hard t imagine a more provocing -- provoking book -- than this. >> i decided to write a small book on a big topic. their intersection is a key topic in the his of capitalism and in the history of the jews. it was regarded as insinidary from some because i have been talking about the anti-semite of views and the way they denigrated. it was used by anti-capitalist who drew upon this to stigmatize capitalism. the fact the negative stereotypes of jews on greed, and materialism and money still have an afterlife, although demenishing in the western world, adds to the charge in people's mind. my few as people who are radically prejudice are g

>> yes, just recently we had a case out of romania. >> is that rare? >> with the remaining in authorities, we are working very closely with them at this point. -- with the romanian authorities, we are working very closely with them at this point. but the other countries in eastern europe, it could potentially be very rare, yes. >> what i'm trying to get at, and i'm not trying to be coy here is that it looks like parts of eastern europe are a sanctuary if you are a hacker. because the chances of being sent over here to face prosecution and conviction and are probably nonexistent. would you agree with that statement? >> yes, i would agree. >> that is kind of a bad deal, no matter how secure you are. because at the been -- the end if those folks are not facing the possibility of prosecution, they will just keep going. >> yes, however we do have some very strong partnerships with other countries over in eastern europe. and it is through those collaborative efforts that we are making gains against a number of the cyber criminals. to say that we do not have

there are further arrests in the uk, serbia, united states, romania. said it's the biggest deplayment it has ever made in pursuit of a fraud investigation. >>> boiler room scams involve individuals cold calling and using high pressure sales technique to persuade victims to buy into bogus investments. most never see their money again. >> 18,000 euros i put in. >> this pensioner said he was groomed to part with his savings. >> he said all we want is 22,000. you'll double your money straight away. we were devastated. we were in a comfortable position. now we're absolutely broke. you know, broke. >> the city of london force has played a major part in the crackdown. the aim they say is to decimate boiler room floor by arresting tier 1 criminals who are living well on the suffering of others. >> this is a crime that ignores global boundariries. it operates across the world. what we have shown here is that we are able to do that as well. >> back in barcelona, five people were taken away to join more than 100 others arrested in the simultaneous raids. this sca

but you had this salient group of jews in the communist parties in romania and else where. and they were resented by much of the population and in the late 1940s and early 1950s they tried to also regain their legitimacy by putting their jewe jewe jewe jewess -- jewish -- leaders on trial and accusing them of being spies. and stalin supported this. and stalin and his minnens used this to try to bolster the legitimacy. >> dr. carol wrote it is hard to imagine a more provacotive title. >> it was intended to be descriptive. capitalism is a big topic, history of the jews is a big topic, but there intersection is a key topic in the history of capitalism and the jews. i think it was regarded by some as insendary because of the factors i have been talking about about the identification of anti-semites of jews from the form of capitalsm and they way denigrated. and it was used by anti-capitalist who drew on ant ant ant anti-semetic issues. the fact these negative stereotypes about jews and greed and material ism and money stil have an afterlife, although demenishing, adds to the ch

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remember what happened in 1989, romania was there and then romania was gone in a matter of hours.rea. it gives its all its petrol. much of the goods that are traded in the country come from china. china wants a buffer there. and that's what makes north korea unique, is that china wants it to be there. >> blaine harden gets tonight's "last word." thanks very much for joining us tonight. >> thank you. chris hayes is up next. >>> bullying the witnesses? let's play "hardball." >> good evening. i'm chris matthews down in washington. let me start tonight with this. at new year's he was the top republican in the country, the favorite, actually, to take on hillary clinton for the next american presidency. well, last night we discussed reports that new york port authority police themselves told drivers back in that september jam-up to blame the ft. lee mayor for the severe traffic problem. in the midst of these reports, governor christie pretends to probe the scandal himself that has bumped him from the front-runner spot.

across their country, and there are further arrests taking place in the u.k. , the united states, and romania. the city of london force says it is the biggest deployment they have ever made. >> boiler room scams are accused of using high-pressure sales techniques to persuade victims to buy into bogus investments. most never see their money again. put into euros i carbon. >> this pensioner from the midlands says he was groomed to part with his savings. >> he said he would get my money for the next best get my money straightaway, and for the next three weeks we were devastated. we were absolutely broke. the city of london forces played a major part in this crackdown. the aim, they say, is to decimate boiler room fraud by arresting what they termed tier one criminals who are living well on the suffering of others. that ignorescrime global boundaries and ignores international borders and operates across the world. thatwe have shown here is we are able to do that as well. >> back in barcelona, five people were taken away to join more than 100 others arrested in the simultaneous raids. this scam ha

remember what happened in 1989, romania was there and then romania was gone in a matter of hours.ina sustains north korea. it gives its all its petrol. much of the goods that are traded in the country come from china. china wants a buffer there. and that's what makes north korea unique, is that china wants it to be there. >> blaine harden >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. today the man who wants to be the next governor of texas, who would govern more people than any republican in the country, who would be the closest thing there is to the president of red america, that man, greg abbott, kicked off the first day of early voting with a texas gubernatorial primaries by doing two events with this guy.

all you have to do is look over poland history, bulgaria, romania, who traveled this long, hard pathjoin the european union, and you know once you sign this agreement and begin the difficult process of transforming your country's , all youinstitutions have is 10 years of pain, because the first thing asked of you is to cut your budget deficit, and that usually means reducing aid for people on the bottom of the social ladder. it means cutting jobs. there are industries that have been subsidized and have added payrolls, so cut the subsidies. there is unemployment. it has happened that way everywhere. the immediate benefit comes to the business class because a gain access to the european come veryose benefits quickly. those people probably had a romanticized vision of what lay , because european officials and russians painted it in all or nothing terms. tavis: what was there to gain for the the eu if this went through? >> i inc. and expensive, weak junior member that is going to need a lot of help for a long time, but in the long run, expanding the union. that means 45 million new membe

>> you need to be 100% -- i think that is why anthony will commit to 10 months in romania to shoot ailm, because i think you have to be passionately involved in what you are doing. you have to really want to do it, because if you don't, investing yourself personally, your thoughts, your emotions, your self into a partisan thing you are not going to want to do as much. that is what i am looking for each time, some thing i can connect with on that level. are a renaissance kind of guy in that you do everything. is that what makes it so difficult in that you direct and right and all that? >> if i am directing i learn about acting. i am acting i learned about directing. producing something i find interesting because i would like to get it done. it all puts perspective on me, so i get to learn. when you are an actor you are subjective. when you are a director, you are objective, so i learn my mistake through others. exacerbate the problem, and then we heighten or intensify. >> i know what exacerbate means. there's not a word or a sentence or a concept you can eliminate for me. there is one

. >> reporter: across from the black sea is the country ever turkey and behind me the ukraine, romania and bulgaria. i am reporting from russia. janelle wang here at the sochi games. >> thanks so much, janelle. cool to see. so far team usa won 12 medals in these games, half coming in the slopestyle events. >> three american men swept the slopestyle free skiing. josh christiansen, gus kentworthy and nick gopher the bronze. janelle caught up with all of them a short time ago. >> the last 24 hours are overwhelming. just the contest itself was crazy and to get this result and then come down to the biggest award ceremony and stand on the podium with two of my great friends, see the american flag get raised three separate posts, and it's just crazy. >> that was cool to see all three flags. shortly after the sweep the men took a sochi selfie as they are called. each holding their new hardware with the #sweep lots of medal happening here. >> we'll take you live to sochi throughout the morning but any time we are not on air you can get up to date on your favorite olympians, visit nbcbayarea.com

and germany the most pressing issue is the lifting of barriers for workers from bulgaria and romania britain's prime minister want as far as threatening to veto any new countries from joining the e.u. unless tight immigration restrictions are put in place. coming up one crime doesn't necessarily mean a punishment. but if. we hadn't always most humane present with fluffy towels and it sells and a packed library of books even cooking courses i was surprised that no one's ever tried to escape after the break. very good intelligence unit to yukio. the. range of different opportunities. information they get from the media. people could give them information to give information across borders is actually quite complicated what we do is you need. to use a range of sort of independent information we have built relationships for example with interpol helps us find out where there is drug trafficking going on. wealthy british scientists it's time to. go to. the. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines two kinds

members are concerned they nearly joined members like bulgaria romania and all the eastern european bloc am i correct is this is this your target group. our target is make it possible again to control and to limit we do not want at all to make a difference between different countries we do not want to make a difference between portugal between as tony between greece and ireland all members of the you or of the european union or of course we want to treat them all the same but if the number of immigrants is drawn as much as it has drawn the last years then i think if people from the from the european union here dimensions they understand what we are talking about and i think we have to find means to limit what about highly qualified professionals are they also going to be limited. i think the percentage of highly qualified immigration is so small that there we do not ever have a problem but the quantity altogether is a problem usually stress the point that. if you compare switzerland to the european union as a whole. mentions it is as the european union would have year per year ten millio

she looks complex it with greece romania and finland seemingly evenly matched and often island basic thrust of politics along with hungry and the faroe islands. russia may be forgiven for being a little anxious in group g us sleep in austria have them on tobacco will be no pushover of moldova in the distance nine percent less. it is likely to be topped by its early but expect oil to stop the second between croatia and norway week of getting outside to smoke and azerbaijan are like the contents of the witness the band. on the fact that final day of it you get from korean to slp till eateries miles on end dates and a nice lake for a gold medal defeating love compass states panama reed beds and seventy eight grand final. seas one to uk to maintain doubt that the standard font it's taking me to thinking that it is the head. more rule it in the yet to seventy eight grand final. jenna national champion france is that when it's nostalgic test teammates in the kidney. japanese street sign welcomes mechanism. in men's events in nicely at dis grace grabbed gold in the hunted ninety grand final

debate on the influx of foreign was just weeks off some person lifted restrictions on both gerunds and romania and i've been in for a full a full am a piece as in the wider contacts the outcome of this with a referendum was predictable. the swiss are perfectly entitled to pass this legislation. there's absolutely no problem with that as far as the european union's concerned but of course there's no such thing as a free lunch why have they done it and i think it's partly if you if you want a reaction to it if you want the media and the fact it was whipped up in switzerland by a party on the extreme right we're seeing that across the european union it's like in the european elections in france and in holland and in the united kingdom least that the far right parties will be either first or second in the european elections so this is a phase we're going through this is a consequence of the financial crisis coming up later this hour crime and punishment income fades. here. is my cold it's like with the freedom of things. believe it or not this is a prison whirlpool from inside an experimental faci

europe and central banks in less developed countries, australia, poland, the czech republic, and romania will also be meeting. to some like bank of america's david wu this was bound to happen once the u.s. federal reserve decided to pare back or taper its economic stimulus. with fewer dollars available the ones that are out there will cost more. >> volatility across all markets was near historical low. people thought tapering was going to be a non-event. i think that was where the market was extremely complacent. because if qe plays such a big role i think the market is simply underestimating what it means when the liquidity's finally being withdrawn. >> stabilization could come from better economic data which has been iffy recently at best. pros say the outlook is bright for emerging markets in the long term but in the short term there are significant head winds, much of which can be traced to china. >> we all know emerging markets is what, 75% china because emerging markets are either indirectly exporting to china or directly exporting to china. >> reporter: slow growth to china has re

and germany the most pressing issue is the lifting of barriers from what gets from belgariad and romania britain's prime minister went as far as threatening to veto any new countries from joining the e.u. unless tight immigration restrictions are put in place and lean forward a former m.v.p. says there's nothing surprising about the results of the swiss referendum. the swiss are perfectly entitled to pass this legislation. there's absolutely no problem with that as far as the referee needs concerned but of course there's no such thing as a free lunch why have they done it i think it's partly if you want a reaction to it if you want the media and the fact it was whipped out in switzerland by a party on the extreme right we're seeing that across the european union it's like in the european elections in france and in holland in in the united kingdom least that the far right parties will be either first or second in the european elections so this is a phrase we're going through this is a consequence of the financial crisis russia has scored its first medals of the century olympics placing it

coalition say immigrants seeking benefits should be sent home starting this year people from bulgaria and romania have gained full access to the e.u. job markets. coming up one crime doesn't necessarily mean a punishment. and very. smart. like with a freezer there were things. coming up we had to norway's most humane prison with fluffy towels and library and even cooking courses no surprise then that no one's ever tried to escape that's after the break. i marinate join me. in that impartial and financial commentary interviews and much much. only on the best and only. caught up in the middle of an environmental disaster people in central arkansas in the us are finding themselves bogged down in barrels. trouble almost a year after a pipeline ruptured causing a massive oil spill people are still suffering with the long term effects caused by breathing toxins on a daily basis and if huge health risks weren't enough some are finding it hard to leave the contaminated area as artie's gonna teach a confound out. almost a year after two hundred thousand gallons of heavy crude spilled onto their streets re

and germany the most pressing issue was the lifting of barriers for workers from bulgaria and romania britain's prime minister went as far as threatening to veto any new countries from joining the e.u. glass tight immigration restrictions are put in place coming up one crime doesn't necessarily mean a punishment. and here. is my clothes it's like the freedom the other thing we had to norway's most humane president with fluffy towels and it sells a packed library and even cooking course this no surprise then that no one's ever tried to escape coming up after the break. there's a see here when you're in the arctic you have to entire world at your feet she looks like a fairly simple ship but really she's not simple. and full of people able to have access to the nuclear icebreakers the real king here is the polar bear and ice breakers come second not a single complex expedition to the arctic can be conducted with the russian nuclear powered fleet of ice breakers we under a tree a unique operation in. the northern sea with russia's arctic ice breakers. economic down to the final. day of th

known to reach pigeonhole to place the correspondence way excluding any handwritten paper work to romania to read of five copies of one sock and use the words of scripture and two. besides that she's into. when the club knowing. but he isn't endorsing this photo edition of the simplest company intends to fill up the heat as it turns the show logistics company for this purpose special attention to state increased its operational efficiency. it's worth it. if you choose. send a mail from china to russia to kazakh sent for analysis to kill him but in the future of but it worked to secure the lascivious nature though there is ukraine and the rest of europe. we also benefit from helping our neighboring countries. his weapon. today within the country in the name test the market there is great demand for transport and logistics services. the rating agency fitch reported a downgrade of the long term issuer default rating in foreign currency of the two ukrainian banks from two minus two triples team is down three followed the fall of the screen suffering grief was. it's gotten gains independence w

and germany the most pressing issue is the lifting of barriers for workers from bulgaria and romania britain's prime minister went as far as threatening to veto any new countries from joining the e.u. unless tight immigration restrictions put into place. and coming up when crime doesn't necessarily mean a punishment. and there. is my cold it's like the freedom of things we had in our ways most luxurious prison with fluffy towels in it solves unpacked library even cooking courses no surprise then that no one's ever tried to escape coming up after the break. the european union lots of think of itself as one of the brighter and fairer parts of the world the european commission report on corruption the first of its kind betrays a very different picture in every single member country there is corruption in some cases on a massive scale so what can the e.u. teach the world a corruption. we speak your language anybody will not advance. news programs and documentaries and spanish more matters to you breaking news a little turn it into angles keep the stories. you hear. then try to alter the

known i'm troubled by corruption but of course brussels highlights that an eastern countries like romania on blog area which at an anti democratic caused by the undemocratic cars are of course more involved than kenya finland for example. is there a sense that more needs to be done specter guidelines even criminal sanctions the shovel into lawlessness of simply that the minutes of the european commission the comp applied to a member state to act. to put some rides. brussels highlights that the correction is not the resides on a lack of policy. so every single member state has a ring on it now and policies and aunts far ahead to fly to cairo to set the system is in its key role week to raise awareness and brussels laundry that it was really the member states to get them all over the existing walls. truly it is for us from brussels. move on to ukraine now with the economic and not the political crisis is on the front burner right now the eu and the us say they'll consider bailing out the eastern european country that is only a few koreans government will make much needed political reforms i

and if germany is not going to change its policies, what about countries like bulgaria and romania, czechoslovakia, were a lined with germany, with a fanatical as the and nancy's work? and the answer in general, different things in different places, but they were not. there was the opportunity to have some influence upon the course of events, if not to stop the holocaust or deter germany. that's about as well as i can do quickly without one. -- with that one spin could you speak about the interaction between the treasury department and the state department and the negative efforts of breckenridge long at state which led treasury to go to roosevelt which eventually led to the establishment of the war refugee board? >> it's a story we covered in our book and plenty of earlier scholars have written in detail about it. we have great materials because of the morgenthau diaries in particular, as well as state department records and treasury department records. so the world jewish congress was trying one option after another to save lives in eastern europe. and the state department was throwing up one ob

and germany the most pressing issue is the lifting of barriers for workers from bulgaria and romania britain's prime minister went as far as threatening to veto any new countries from joining the e.u. unless tight immigration restrictions are put in place coming up one crime doesn't necessarily mean a punishment. here. it's much closer to like the freedom they were. we had to norway's most humane prison with fluffy towels and it's packed library and even cooking courses no surprise then that no one has ever tried to escape coming up after the break. we'll talk about languages what are lovely react to situations i have read the reports for legal pollution and no i will leave them to the state department to comment on your latter point to say the. least or carry out a car is on the job here no gonna. take you no more weasel words. when you need a direct question be prepared for a change when you when you should be ready for a. critical expat and a little down to freedom to watch. well see british science done. on time. for. the markets why not. find out what's really happening to the g

soil because of pressing the wrong button on a fax machine notifying romania instead of russia and this is r.t. new york. and we turn to florida where a verdict was reached in the trial of michael dunn the forty seven year old who shot and killed teenager jordan davis on saturday the jury in jacksonville found michael dunn guilty of attempted second degree murder for opening fire on three teens who were in the same as jordan davis however they could not come to a consensus on whether to convict or acquit dunn of the most serious of charges first degree murder in the two thousand and twelve killing prosecutors argued that dunn recklessly recklessly shot at the teens after complaining about the volume of their music in a convenience store parking lot three of his ten shots struck davis one of them cutting through his liver along and his aorta however dunn testified that his actions were all in self-defense that davis threatened him and that he thought he saw a gun sticking out of the vehicle that held davis and his friends dunn was found guilty on four of the five counts he was charged wi

multinationals sent millions of middle-class jobs to china, romania, all over the overall but trend is. but the madness of that practice to be allowed in the first place by both parties is a mark of shame. >> not only that but a bad business decision. lou: it was stupid. >> productivity in the united states was so far above any other country and makes more sense to make things here. that is why apple will make computers for the first time in the third texas or california. lou: that is another 70,000 jobs dow chemical brings back plants from the bow east -- middle east and others are relocating here. lou: but suddenly america people argue about god and a providence but if anybody doubted this country is blessed, we are a nation of providence cover think about fracking that jimmy carter said this country would be out of energy is now the energy capital of the world. >> absolutely. what is remarkable a belt that story was private monday, private initiative to make that happen. lou: fighting government the whole while but what we have that the sheik is individuals can own what is under the

telekom is considering an alliance of the carrier hopes to partner with the start up in markets such as romania, though not in its own country, germany. deutsche telekom is hoping this might go to different groups. another company we are following -- earnings estimates. all eyes are on the companies. our international correspondent is in berlin with all the details. do we know any more? >> we just got a little hint from the conference call with ofe ceo of a vendee -- vivendi. he said the plans to decouple track. still on the plan was a spinoff of the it out there, may be listed separately in the first half of 2014. this could be a negotiation. i stress good because what we had over the weekend and confirmed yesterday is that they have been approached about possibly selling part of their with or having a tie up the french cable company. they have been talking in the past. now with the ceo in the to meence call, it sounds like it is a little bit of a negotiating point or their true intention as they are in discussion. it makes rate sense to sell it because they are getting hammered in france. the

soil because of pressing the wrong button on a fax machine notifying romania instead of russia and if this is true r.t. new york u.s. and european officials are growing concerns that the security vacuum in syria is supporting a training ground for foreign nationals looking to wreak havoc on their home countries that's all according to information provided by the director of national intelligence james clapper take a look we estimate at this point in excess of seven thousand. foreign fighters have been attracted from some fifty countries many of them in europe in the middle east and this is of great concern not only to us but to those countries . and of course it's not the only the u.s. casting fears british intelligence are now expressing concern that some citizens who joined the opposition in syria have returned home and now pose a serious threat of terrorism sara for it as more. that's causing huge concern here amongst the security services the police have said that they've made a number of arrests and they're monitoring the situation closely indeed ingenue it's thought that sixteen

multinationals sent millions of middle-class jobs to china, romania, all over the overall but trend isersing. but the madness of that practice to be allowed in the first place by both parties is a mark of shame. >> not only that but a bad business decision. lou: it was stupid. >> productivity in the united states was so far above any other country and makes more sense to make things here. that is why apple will make computers for the first time in the third texas or california. lou: that is another 70,000 jobs dow chemical brings back plants from the bow east -- middle east and others are relocating here. lou: but suddenly america people argue about god and a providence but if anybody doubted this country is blessed, we are a nation of providence cover think about fracking that jimmy carter said this country would be out of energy is now the energy capital of the world. >> absolutely. what is remarkable a belt that story was private monday, private initiative to make that happen. lou: fighting government the whole while but what we have that the sheik is individuals can own what is und

and the cost to the european economy every year and roughly equal to the gross domestic product of romania. we have more on that. >> the commissioner is saying no state is corruption free. across the member states 76% of the people saying that corruption is widespread and that number is higher in spain, italy and greece with a number of people thinking that corruption is widespread. those perceptions are far reaching. >> corruption erodes the trust and hampers foreign investment and costs taxpayers millions and in many cases it is tooled for organizationed crime to watch their money. there is estimate that corruption is no less than $120 billion euro's every year. that is a lot of money we are talking. >> on the whole the countries are performing well, finland and sweden and denmark. the solutions the commission proposes are different for each country and involve improving the frame works and conflict of interest and protecting the whistle blowers and making sure that the politicians have the will to do so. >> there is an organization that aims to stop the corruption and appoint accountabi

here with the latest is heritage foundation's romania. great to have you here.e're talking in the show tonight how the government wants to crack down, have people save less money for retirement. my question was, what do you want to spend that on? now i understand that the president's budget will be far, far bigger than the last. how big will it be? and what does he wan to spend on? >> we're looking at several tens of billions in additional spending on education, on manufacturing cters. i mean if you're thinking about it, big government, government knows best and those kinds of programs that the president is trying to put out but this is no surprise. i mean the president has said in 2012 when the deficit was a trillion dollars, that he didn't think we needed to worry about the debt. so this budget just basically shows his priorities for the next year and beyond. gerri: here's what we hear. 56 billion in new spending slated. and i have to tell you, it is same old-same old. they say they want to spend it on education, i.e.,eachers, important support group for the p

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state institutions tend to perform better on corruption indices, the judiciary in rowe m romania do worse than others. >> transparency and openness are a model for the countries lagging behind. as for proposed solutions, they vary from country to country, but include improving frameworks around accountability, conflicts of interest and protectin proteg whistle blowers. >> once of the worst affected countries is greece. al jazeera john seropolous has more. >> greece is trying to recover from a four-point recession last year. it's a problem in europe because the european union must feel troubled by the fact that its institutions have failed to apply transparency rules and eu directives, reform efforts, liberalization of industries here in greece particularly badly. greece ask now faring more poorly, in soming reports, corruption, effectiveness of government surveys than either many or all of its partners in eastern europe, its neighbors to the north who have been democracies and marked economies for far less long than greece has been. so it's troubling for both the greeks in finding how the

romania is being targeted as a hot spot for the information.ri, for target, that type of software was actually soft on the open market for these guys. you create malware, you sell it, and somebody take it is. what is happening a lot of guys are realizing we can go to business. i don't have to create the software. i'll buy it from somebody who did. gerri: my understanding it costs $2,000 and made millions, millions of dollars off of this hack. you know, we're hearing there's new report out that say banks are far safer than retailers and possibly hotel franchisees. >> yes. gerri: people ask me about it all the time. if target is breached, why not bank of america? why not jpmorgan chaise? what is your answer to that? >> because banks have been the target for a lot longer. when you have been getting beat up and getting attacked for a long time your defenses become better. the things you look for, the type of information, it's educational. you learn this from a school of hard knock. you learn what do. and banks are where the money is. they have, you

one thing about the difference between ukraine and georgia in a place like macedonia or romania or polandat ukraine and georgia were inside the soviet union, not just in the warsaw packet. ukraine, parts of ukraine were longstanding parts of the russian empire. it's not the case that it was completely independent state. it was a victim of world war ii. >> that's where its ended up today. >> do you feel like the purpose of nato has shifted a little bit too much? >> nato is trying to figure out what its roll it. it has shown over and over again that because of that interoperability, joint training, joint practice sessions. nobody else in the world is capable of doing today. with he see countries in crisis. what would you like to see from nato? >> i would like to see nato focus a little bit on getting back to basics. there is a degree to which the extensive crisis management operations was carried out. there have been likes lost this has created a sense of fatigue a sense that these things can't be afforded. it has led to cuts in defense budgets with together with financial crisis and the eu

and there are further arrests taking place in the uk, the united states, serbia, and romania. the city of london force, which has 40 offices here in barcelona, said it's the biggest deployment it's ever made in pursued of a fraud investigation. boiler room scams involved individuals cold calling and using high pressure sales techniques to persuade victims to buy into bogus investments. most never see their investments again. >> 18,000 euros. >> this pensioner said he was groomed to part with his savings. >> he said all we want is 22,000. you'll double your money straight away. the next three weeks we were devastated. we were in a comfortable position. now we're absolutely broke. broke. >> reporter: the city of london forces played a major part in this crackdown. the aim, they say, is to decimate boiler room fraud by arresting what they term tier 1 criminals who are living well on the suffering of others. >> this is a crime that ignores global boundaries. it ignores international borders. it operates right across the world. what we have shown here is that we are able to do that

and so if germany is not going to change its policies, what about countries like bulgaria and romania and slovakia and they were allied with germany and as fanatical as the not these were. and the answer in general is different things in different places, but they were not. so there was the opportunity to have some influence upon the course of events to stop the holocaust would deter germany that as well as i can do quickly. >> could you speak a little bit about the reaction of the state department and the treasury department and the negative efforts which eventually led the treasury to go to roosevelt which eventually led to the establishment of the war refugees? >> it is a story that we cover in our book and plenty of scholars have written in detail about it. and we have great material is because of the diaries in particular, as well as state department records and treasury department records. and so they were trying one option after another to save lives in eastern europe and the state department was throwing up one obstacle after another and some of it was other state department i