For example, there are countries such as Latvia, Kyrgyzstan. And you know that in that very China, which is often cited as an example for the methods of combating corruption (yes, they periodically shoot for it), a former mayor of one of the cities was recently detained, who found more gold than the gold reserves of the above countries!
Yes, of course, officials steal from us "as if not into themselves." And to be honest, I don’t see an unambiguous recipe for dealing with this, except for total control. However, corruption exists everywhere and in all countries, even with very good control. Only its level, scale and quantity differ. And certainly the size of corruption does not depend on whether they will shoot for it or not.
During searches of the former mayor of Ganzhou city Zhang Qi, Chinese police found 13.5 tons of gold in the form of bars.
The video is here.
And in the secret basement of the house of the 57-year-old ex-mayor, they found a large amount of cash. In addition, as is often the case, the former official hid several thousand square meters of luxury real estate. Money, gold, paintings and antiques were barely able to be removed with the help of several military trucks.
Didn't he know that he could be caught and shot? I knew. Is he the first one in China? Not. Where are the vaunted Chinese methods of fighting corruption?
People who periodically visit China say that there are whole luxurious neighborhoods like our cities and everyone knows that officials of various ranks live there. And they all know that they will not be praised for corruption, but they hope that they can buy off or escape in time.
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Therefore, corruption cannot be eradicated in general. You can only actively fight it.