[Sgran]

I can tell you first-hand that diplomatic immunity is abused left and right where I live, and I assume it's like that everywhere. Here in Hungary, I worked for a regional (ie East Central Europe) non-profit where even low level administrators have enjoyed tax-free lifestyles for more than a decade, laughing at their parking tickets, speeding around town with their diplomatic plates, skipping through customs lines. What a joke. But it's just like government pay-scales: if the people who make the rules are enjoying perks, there's no way in hell the rules will ever change.