The den of iniquity

It really makes you wonder: How safe must a recently arrested corrupt civil servant feel to continue their dirty tricks even after numerous extortion rings within the state have been smashed and the much-discussed dismissal of the money-grabbing employees from a multitude of different services - the tax office in Halkida, the Construction Directorate of the Municipality of Athens, the Municipal Police, the Service of Modern Monuments, the District Health Inspection Directorate, the Public Real Estate Company? How invulnerable can the self-appointed head of a closed conspiracy ring feel inside their invisible fiefdom? How sure are they that they are not in danger of being caught despite acting alongside irreproachable employees? How sure are they that the victim, as a beneficiary of the fraud, will not file a complaint, but will consent to the the lie, the illegality? Are the codes...