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Debt fugitives owe $250m
Hundreds who flee NZ and then file for bankruptcy
can't be forced to pay up
Hundreds of New Zealanders facing financial ruin have fled the
country, leaving a quarter of a billion dollars in unpaid bills behind them -
and they can't be forced to pay the money.
According to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and
Employment, 833 people left New Zealand over the past decade for all points of
the globe, where they filed for bankruptcy to dodge compulsory repayments. One
such owed $7.5 million.
Figures released under the Official Information Act show that
since 2003, $225m debt has been racked up, with just $308,700, or 0.13 per
cent, repaid to unsecured creditors.
Labour commerce spokesman Clayton Cosgrove says the magnitude of
debt is serious, and is calling on the Government to forge reciprocal deals
with countries to claw back money owed and help average Kiwis who have been
"done over".
The amount of overseas bankruptcy debt has gone from $19m in
2008 to $40m last year.
Insolvency and Trustee Service national manager Robyn Cox said most of those
owing money headed to Australia; 696 people filed for bankruptcy from across
the Tasman in the past decade.
The second-largest group of expat Kiwis in financial strife
headed to Great Britain, followed by the United States and Japan. Others filed
for bankruptcy from countries including Qatar, Zimbabwe, Bulgaria, Finland and
the Ivory Coast.
After they file for bankruptcy, very little money flows back to
New Zealand. The Insolvency Act has no jurisdiction outside New Zealand and
authorities rely on the individual choosing to pay back any debt.
Records reveal that in 2007, no money was repaid and in 2003,
just $184.36 was returned to creditors' bank accounts. The most paid in any one
year was $86,185.65, in 2008.
In comparison, the 26,634 people who filed for bankruptcy in New
Zealand over the past decade were subject to strict rules governing personal
finances in order to repay their debt. These included getting permission to
leave the country.
Cosgrove said there was a role for the state to attempt
reciprocal enforcement, starting with Commonwealth countries.
"Surely there is a role for the Government to use its
muscle to go to the Aussies and see if they can't help in a reciprocal deal to
pursue these guys, who are basically doing a runner."
An arrangement for "dead-beat parents" dodging child
support payments existed between the countries and this model could be used to
get money from bankrupts, he said.
- Herald on Sunday
>>단어, 이디엄
및 예문
Fugitive
= 변하기
쉬운, 도망자, 일시적인 on the run
The police are still
chasing the enusive fugitive hard to catch
Flea
도망가다
To flee
; run a way (from danger) He fled the volcano.
All points of the globe
To
dodge = to avoid
(① 기피하다 ② 피하다 ③ 면하다 ④ 닷지)
He dodged(avoided) having to pay his speeding fine.
Dodgy = low quality doubtful
His dodgy work resulted
in the building collapsing
He has a dodgy
character.
Compulsory required amdatory
required
To racked up 획득하다 = to accumulate ,
to add up
He racked up a $4,000
hotel bill.
The all blocks racked
up 50 points
Unsecure 무담보의, 안전하지 않은
A creditor = a person to shom money is owed
Commerce (상업 목적)
Magnitude : 정도 , 규모
size, amount of
The earthquake was an 8.5 magnitude
Rechter Scale = measures earthquarkes
Reciprocal 상호의, 상응하는
Forge
위조하다, 만들다, 대장간
To
forge = to make, to create
Many immigrants are
forging new lives in New Zealand
He forged many
friendships while in the army
The all blacks clawed
back the scores until they finally won.
Done
over : 사기 맞다. He was done over
(cheated) by the smooth-talking conman(liar/cheat)
Bankruptcy
(파산, 부도) insolvency 파산, 지급 불능, 변제 불능
having no money
Decade (수십년간)
Strife (분쟁, 투쟁, 갈등, 싸움, 쟁의)
Expat country ex(from) patriate
He’s in strife with his
wife because he’s always drunk.
Ø Cockiney slang (속어) Trouble and strife = wife
Jurisdiction (사법권, 관할권, 권한) = area of responsibility
Rely 의존하다, 의지하다
Comparison
(비교, 대조적으로)
Debt (부채, 빚, 채무, 부족)
Garnish
wages = take out any money owing.
Attempt
(시도하다, 노력, 계획하다)
Reciprocal
(상호의 , 상응하다)
Enforcement (시행, 실시)
Wealth (부, 재산, 부유함, 자원)
Basically (기본적으로, 근본적으로, 다시
말하면, 원래)
Muscle 근육
Mussel
홍합
He has the main role(part)
in the movie.
To use one’s muscle =
to use one’s authority/power
The government uses its
muscle to clooect taxes.
To pursue = to chase
The police are pursuing
the criminal.
To do arunner = to run awy from the law
someone
The criminal did a
runner and fled to china
He did a runner and
left his wife and children
Dead beat, (지쳐 빠진, 빈털터리의, 실패한) = a parent who doesn’t pay child
support
Dodge 기피하다, 피하다, 면하다
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