> They had an opportunity to report the behavior and they passed on that to benefit themselves at the expense of others. Under the systems proposed, their amne

> They had an opportunity to report the behavior and they passed on that to benefit themselves at the expense of others. Under the systems proposed, their amnesty depends on their cooperation with prosecution. (Under the specifics I described, they must pre-register their reporting before paying anything.) > How about instead, we just hire law enforcement with specific skills in combating these crimes, and then let them work on it? Because that is essentially the current system, which will result in the current results. Just expanding the current approach still leaves both sides of the problem with their incentives to both continue the corruption for mutual, & cooperate in covering-it-up against investigation. Thus, even an extra dollar spent on that enforcement regime that has to fight both payers & recipients, and will be less effective at catching bad actors – and even more importantly, deterring future acts! – than that same extra dollar if the bribe-payers have been turned to assist enforcement.