State Capture

Karen Hudes mentions this term often in her interviews, and upon reading the definition it`s difficult to disagree with:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_capture

Note there are quite a few people who disagree with this Wiki definition - wouldn`t happen to be the perpetrators or beneficiaries, would it?

Here`s another definition:

 http://www.assetrecovery.org/kc/node/7c56396a-bb9c-11dc-86fc-d95afdb81c71.0;jsessionid=98B080A18DC958EA3CD7088E080758A7

And here, interestingly, is a Report written about this very same phenomenon, but focusing on Russia and the Ukraine. Written over a decade ago, it`s interestig to see that this area is very much in the news again today:

 http://www.ualberta.ca/CIUS/stasiuk/st-pdf/Explaining%20State%20Capture.pdf

Note: I haven`t yet read this pdf, so cannot guarantee a lack of Western bias!