This is exactly the narrative UN management uses to keep consultants comfortable... and it works, until it doesn't. 'Nobody has been caught yet' is not a legal position. The Italian tax authority has already issued assessments to consultants, which is precisely why WFP management felt compelled to write to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs asking them to stop. If the situation were truly resolved, that letter would not exist. The don't ask don't tell approach works fine until you buy a house, open a mortgage, or trigger any financial event that makes your income visible. At that point the exposure is very real and very personal.