The answer is that he'd have to keep the bribes in cash, jewelry and other untraceables.
You presume that the crooked cop also is stupidly given to big, obvious and immediate uses of bribe money. Some might be, and they'll be caught. But I don't presume that, generally. Cash and other valuables can be placed in hiding places here and there. Well after a particular crooked cop's term on the "gang unit" is over, he can live a life of luxury on his buried treasure.
I'm all for halting corruption, but I believe if you listen to a few gang-unit cops' side of things, you'll see that the measure not only is potentially dangerous but also is likely to be ineffective against all but the most stupid of corrupt cops.
What are you talking about? The cartels go though *billions* of dollars. How would a bad cop hide property, luxury cars, or any other high end assets if he was on the cartels payroll?
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“The answer is that he’d have to keep the bribes in cash, jewelry and other untraceables.”
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Untraceables? lol...
Cartels will pay hundreds of thousands to the right people, in the right positions to turn the other way, so to speak.
What good are tens of thousands in bribes, if ya can’t spend it?
LOL! Ya think a cop is going to show up in Hawaii upon his retirement, driving a half million dollar yacht, in front of his ocean front home without everyone that ever knew him asking hard questions? Get real.