This is Belgium. In short: nothing.

Post #382,952 by scoenye 10/29/13 8:11:15 AM Reply	This is Belgium. In short: nothing. This happened in 1999. In 2010, the two brothers who owned/operated the plant were sentenced to 2 years in jail and 1M euro restitution to one private plaintiff. The brothers appealed and as far as I know, this is still pending. They have not spent a day in jail, or paid a penny. The rolled up damages claims of the smaller operators and the government, totalling over $230M euro will not even reached the docket until the appeal has been handled. Cases like this, where captains of industry come under direct threat, have a strong likelyhood of dying due to expiration under the statue of limitations. I fully expect that to happen here as well.
Post #382,953 by Another Scott 10/29/13 8:16:20 AM Reply	Wow. :-(
Post #382,954 by drook 10/29/13 8:32:20 AM Reply	Statute of Limitations apply even if they've filed charges? -- Drew
Post #382,988 by scoenye 10/29/13 10:07:12 PM Reply	It is complicated... In a nutshell, the initial term starts when the nefarious act is committed. Assuming someone got caught, the initial term ends. A new one starts with each investigative or prosecution act. The replacement term has the same length as the original. For criminal acts, the total term is usually limited to the double of the original. In civil cases, the timer can be reset indefinitely. That is usually used against small fry by both government and private persuers, but given a defendant with deep enough pockets, they can stretch the case until the court finally punts. A sales tax fraud case where the State was duped for 10M euro was just tossed that way. The main suspect was the grandson of Brussels' largest real estate developer. Par for the course there...
Post #382,989 by Ashton 10/30/13 12:23:32 AM Reply	Why.. why Belgium seems to be competing with ... US for #1!! in institutionalized corruption (beneath mandatory veneers of sanctimonious blather too--I presume.) May Be: When Terra's Gross Population exceeded the sane-level for cohabitation with other species AND amongst their diverse selves: Self-government was doomed to fail via the perpetual virus of cupidity in biped (primordial) jelloware? Are These? those famous End TimesÂ beloved of the nutters now ubiquitous.. ever since that Guttenberg thing took off--and exponential since transistors happened? People within Gated Compounds WANT. TO. KNOW.

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