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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, even where you have been able to prosecute, to me, you are going about it the wrong way. I will give you an example. In America I think in 1933, when we had the Mafia in Chicago, there was one very famous one known as the “untouchable”. He was known as Al Capone. All the various prosecutors tried to prosecute Al Capone and they were unable until a smart accountant entered into the fray. He said: “I do not care where Al Capone got his money from, but did he pay tax on the money he received?” All he needed to prove was that he received certain payments for which he did not pay taxes and submit in his tax assessment. That is how he was able to bring down Al Capone. Hon. Attorney-General, I do not see why you do not do this in this country. All you need to prove is that somebody received a certain amount of money which was not declared in his tax. You do not care whether he received it legitimately or illegitimately. This is because if you tried to prove that it was legitimate or through corruption, you have a problem. So, go for the tax. Prosecute them on the basis that they received money which they never declared in their tax and never paid any tax. The same case applies to grabbed land. It is a circus. If you say that you are going to repossess grabbed land, you will never be able to do so because the courts protect or want to enforce the sanctity of titles. They do not want to go behind the curtain to find out how this land was acquired. Again, you need to prove that this man received this land and the value was so much and, therefore, he received a benefit. If he received a benefit, did he pay tax on it? If he did not, you prosecute him on failure to declare and pay tax. Then, you add penalties on top of penalties. If you do that, even where somebody has been offered land, people will start saying they do not want it."
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