Have there been government conspiracies that were successful for over 25 years?
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The "Noto Servizio" or "Anello" in Italy should qualify.
The "Noto Servizio" was an Italian secret organization made up of former officers, entrepreneurs, industrialists, subjects of the political and economic world, and organized crime, founded towards the end of World War II by fascist war-criminal Mario Roatta, although Wikipedia doesn't know much…) and survived, with various transformations, at least until the early nineties.
The association for several years had close contacts with the secret services, the leaders of the armed forces and Italian politics, influencing the life of all Italian citizens through their interference in the political events of the country, including economics, terrorism, politics and even attempted coup d'etat.
Most the high members of the state knew of the existence of the association, but it was so powerful and influential that no one who had made contact with it ever dared to talk about it to the public, even after the association had ceased to exist.
Many were the people who benefited from the existence of the association, in addition to entrepreneurs and politicians, even the members of organized crime, in particular the Sicilian mafia of Cosa Nostra, were greatly enriched by lending their "services" to the association in exchange of money, favors and concessions.
Recent investigation showed that it was used essentially for anti-communist political conditioning operations and actions that aimed to oppose elements and parties of the left, disinformation campaigns and direct interventions such as kidnappings (like Aldo Moro or Ciro Cirillo), elimination of the adversaries and in many economic and criminal scandals of the Republic.
The discovery of the existence of this secret structure came to light in 1996-98, thanks to the work of an historian that, on behalf of a Milanese judge who was investigating into extreme right-wing terrorism of the '70s, discovered a series of documents in an abandoned archive in Rome written by an infiltrated journalist, linked to the Ufficio Affari Riservati (lit. Office for reserved affair) that was suspected of having provided support and / or coverage to those responsible for some of the most serious acts of terrorism that occurred in those years.
for me it is a valid conspiracy because:
- It lasted well over 25 years
- It was initially discovered after roughly 5 years from it's disappearance but its existence was confirmed by investigations concluded much later.
- It concerned the entire Italian state, from the simple citizen unaware of the manipulations to the politician forced to bend to the will of this force
- It involved entrepreneurs and industrialists who used contacts to their advantage, not only to obtain contracts or concessions, but also to weaken the strikes and workers' protests of those years
- The state and politicians made propaganda to their citizens on the fight against terrorism, both on the right and on the left, and on the fight against the mafia, when in reality they used them continuously
During the various recent investigations on the alleged relations between Italian secret services and organized crime it turns out that the association is more or less involved with almost all the major events of the post-war years to the '90s that occurred in Italy, including the massacres and terrorist attacks. The common Italian population of the time (and in part still today) attribute these negative events to various components active in those years, such as the Brigate Rosse, the NAR or the mafia of Cosa Nostra, but no one suspected that something larger existed, inextricably linked to the state, which maneuvered these forces more or less directly.
A more complete explanation from the birth to various involvements (in Italian)
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The Antarctic "Ozone Hole crisis"
As still noted in Wikipedia as of this writing (Nov. 5 2019, Guy Fawkes Day) the expected time required for recovery of the Ozone hole remains decades into the future, until late this century, specifically 2060–2075:
The Antarctic ozone hole is expected to continue for decades. Ozone concentrations in the lower stratosphere over Antarctica will increase by 5–10 percent by 2020 and return to pre-1980 levels by about 2060–2075. This is 10–25 years later than predicted in earlier assessments, because of revised estimates of atmospheric concentrations of ozone-depleting substances, including a larger predicted future usage in developing countries. Another factor that may prolong ozone depletion is the drawdown of nitrogen oxides from above the stratosphere due to changing wind patterns.[94] A gradual trend toward "healing" was reported in 2016.
Note in particular, from above:
Ozone concentrations in the lower stratosphere over Antarctica will increase by 5–10 percent by 2020
and
This [2060-75] is 10–25 years later than predicted in earlier assessments ....
The official scientific explanation for the ozone hole is that recovery is delayed because developing countries haven't yet completely stopped use and production of CFC's. All CFC theories for a man-made cause of the ozone hole require that it be stable or shrinking very slowly for decades to come. The facts plainly contradict that.
Yet the latest report from NASA on Oct. 21 2019 reports that the ozone hole size is the smallest on record since it was discovered in 1982. That is to say it has in fact fully recovered, which is not possible under any explanation posited for the ozone hole being caused by CFC's:
Abnormal weather patterns in the upper atmosphere over Antarctica dramatically limited ozone depletion in September and October, resulting in the smallest ozone hole observed since 1982, NASA and NOAA scientists reported today.
As noted lower in the article, the ozone hole is affected dramatically by local weather in September and October each year, when it peaks in an annual cycle. Levels of man made chlorofluorocarbons in the atmosphere remain well above levels that predict - according to the theory - stable at best ozone hole size; yet the hole has shrunk none the less.
Comments have asked "Where is the conspiracy?"
The conspiracy is that thee were always scientists who disputed the CFC cause for the ozone hole, yet these were shouted down by environmentalists on the basis of "better safe than sorry". The Montreal Protocol was established as an international agreement to reduce CFXC's. Once air conditioner manufacturers realized how much money was to be made in replacing every A/C in the world 10 to 40 years ahead of schedule - they signed on gleefully and most of the world simply lost interest.
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Assuming the verdict in the ongoing trial turns out "guilty", the 1MDB scandal should qualify. I'm not an expert on the scandal, but it meets all your criteria:
- It involved the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
- It involved a state-funded agency, 1MDB.
- Because it involves corruption, the Malaysian people would undoubtedly have felt negatively about it if they knew.
- The government denied it, such that it was several years before the opposition (which made 1MDB a central part of their campaign) won the next general election.
- The first section of the Wikipedia article indicates there were newspapers investigating the scandal.
- If the allegations are true, then the perpetrators certainly benefited from it (having siphoned several billion MYR).
Of course, this all assumes the allegations are true.
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