Corporate crimes, also known as white collar crimes, are usually disregarded or never attended to because of various reasons. Many laws regarding health and safety regulations were not made illegal until the twentieth century, and were not considered a criminal matter. In some cases, the media was controlled by corporations who were, in fact, violators themselves. This led to corporate crimes not receiving enough publicity. From the officials point of view it is much easier to worry about crimes of the lower-class people that lack political power
