@Allamanda. Property developers and Big business get held to account a lot more in Europe I think. Just look at the fines Google have paid in Europe over the last 3 years

The European Union handed Google in 2017 a record-breaking €2.42bn (2.8 billion dollars) fine for abusing its dominance of the search engine market in building its online shopping service, in a dramatic decision that had far-reaching implications for the company.

By artificially and illegally promoting its own price comparison service in searches, Google denied both its consumers real choice and rival firms the ability to compete on a level playing field, European regulators said.

The Silicon Valley giant was given 90 days to stop its illegal activities and explain how it will reform its ways or face fines of up to €10.6m a day, which equates to 5% of the average daily worldwide turnover of its parent company Alphabet.

In 2019 Google was fined €1.5bn (1.7 billion dollars) by the EU for abusing its monopoly in online advertising, bringing the total cost of punishments imposed on the search giant by Europe to €9.3 billion dollars over two years.