Interestingly countries that jail people for corruption still have corruption. For example in China you can be jailed and even executed for corruption but there

Interestingly countries that jail people for corruption still have corruption. For example in China you can be jailed and even executed for corruption but there is still a lot of corruption there. Here's an example I read about a few days ago where a city government arrested someone who demanded to be payed for their construction contract. (Obviously the real story may be more complicated.)[0] And there are definitely petty execs there as well. I think it may be because you need more power in enforce corruption laws, and power itself multiplies the effect of corruption. That is why I think the civil law vs. criminal law is an important distinction. [0] https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3253705/chinese-businesswomans-arrest-after-demanding-us30-million-arrears-local-government-triggers https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3253705/c...