The peculiarity of corruption in these countries is summarized in the following points:
(1) Corruption begins at the top and so distorts on developmental programmes and priorities.
(2) Money earned through corruption is smuggled abroad in safe havens and not ploughed back into the domestic economy.
(3) Corruption generally leads to promotion, not punishment and the sharks, unless they belong to opposition rarely caught. If caught, manage to escape in due course of time, as judicial system takes unreasonably longtime to dispose off the cases.