In the sample analysed, politicians were most vulnerable to high level financial corruption, due to their position of political influence. While comprising only a small proportion of cases, the financial cost associated with these incidents was high, with further potential cost ot public confidence in government. The focus of these cases on high personal financial gain would suggest that the prevention principle of decreasing the rewards may be particularly effective. Strategies to achieve this might include large financial penalties, exclusion from future employment in the political/government sphere, as well as moral penalties, such as public naming and shaming. Further, the audits of both personal and business accounts of politicians. Identification of "red flags' is important, and there is a literature on the identification of re flags.