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Interpol has warned the carbon market will be irresistible to criminal gangs because of the vast amounts of cash to be made. Possible rorts* include under-reporting of carbon emissions by firms and bogus carbon offset schemes.Politicians, thieves, criminals . . . whatever. That's what all of the various climate schemes are about. That's all they are about.“If someone is rorting it by even 1 per cent a year, we’re talking about many, many millions of dollars,” Mr Torr said.
* rort: a term used in Australia and New Zealand[1]. It is commonly related to politics, or, more generally, a financial impropriety, particularly relating to a government programme. The term was first recorded in 1919 and is a derivative of the older "rorty" a 19th century London slang word—meaning “fine; splendid; jolly; or boisterous” [2]. The term is also used as a verb to mean the action of defrauding, (e.g.: he rorted the system.).