Because higher-ups in Congress, the DEA and DOJ were almost certainly paid off to ignore the Sacklers. So if the Sacklers were prosecuted, they would bring down

Because higher-ups in Congress, the DEA and DOJ were almost certainly paid off to ignore the Sacklers. So if the Sacklers were prosecuted, they would bring down other powerful insiders. Here is a 60-minutes interview with DEA agents who were inexplicably taken off cases: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd-43K-rdQA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd-43K-rdQA