Vulture funds

[AndrewF]

Hi,
I make no apologies to anyone who has received this as an email or seen it on another site!
I don't know how much you know about Vulture Funds, but they are a way for unscrupulous people to make huge amounts of money out of the Highly Indebted Poor Countries.
What happens is that a hedge funds or private individuals (if wealty enough!) buy up a large chunk of the country's debt (to a bank) at a heavily discounted rate and then sue the country for the whole sum + court feees - which can only be paid by using the HIPC debt relief...
This has been made illegal in this country, but continues in the Channel Islands.
If, like me, you think think this should stop (and have not already signed a petition to this effect), please click on the following link:
 http://bit.ly/wNxF9X
Thank you
Andrew

[JJ]

Done and passed on.

[Martin]

Thanks Andrew, I have signed.

[saundthorp]

Thanks for that info, Andrew, have signed the petition.

[AndrewF]

Thanks to you all...