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0 pointswalshemj5y ago0 comments

But the commodities sector has entire organisations built around checking that cargo of cane sugar /coffee really is what it says what it is.

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rhizome5y ago

> But the commodities sector has entire organisations built around checking that cargo of cane sugar /coffee really is what it says what it is.

Do the companies pick their own checkers?

ithinkinstereo5y ago

See: Hin Leong Trading for a current example.

vmception5y ago

and by "massive forgery" it just means "normal forgery" but with a few extra zeroes typed in.

this is how the whole world works! on relationships and clout, not technology and verifications. everyone at the bottom has to deal with those pesky assurances of credibility. others are just getting random people with law degrees to provide attestations saying that their client's document is legitimate.

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