This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Investigate, arrest and imprison corrupt bankers for their financial crimes.
Iceland have done it & after a year their economy is booming, so why can't we? In the 2008 recession many bankers that were responsible for the collapse got away with financial crimes and are still free and wealthy till this day, while the rest of us have had to suffer with the impact for years now.
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We don't have to bail the banks out. We can allow them to crash, jail the ones that have committed financial crimes and sell off the bank and give the money back to the people. For the sake of these crimes repeating themselves we need to send a strong message out to anyone who attempts to do such a thing that you will be imprisoned if you do so. Let's bring justice back to the people and get this job done! Launch a 24hr court service just like the government served for the looters back in 2011.
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Arrests, prosecutions and sentencing are not the responsibility of Parliament and Government. These are matters for the police, the Crown Prosecution Service and the courts. The Financial Conduct Authority also has some responsibilities in this area. You can find out more about its role here:
http://www.fca.org.uk/firms/being-regulated/enforcement
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