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Is it not illegal to not report a crime? How can all the parties involved in public trading have not noticed something they had to report.

Aren't parties who are having a debt paid to them interested some diligence the money is legitimate? I mean it's my problem if I unknowingly by a stolen car.




Is it not illegal to not report a crime?

Pretty sure this only applies to the ethics standards of psychiatrists, et. al. I don't think a normal citizen is required to report crime.


In France it would be the end of their career for a professional bound by secret (doctors, lawyers etc.) to report a crime confessed during a session. But they have pretty persuasive power, I know some lawyers advised some people to confess very gritty crimes to the police.

But normal citizens could go to jail for not reporting.


I don't know the answer to your question, but the authorities arrested Shkreli's lawyer as an accomplice.




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