| As a result, Leftists and kleptocrats become de facto allies fighting against the progress and development of 3rd-world peoples. |
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| Switzerland is awash with retired dictators and kleptocrats with their millions. |
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| The only thing that the West could do is to stop providing safe places for kleptocrats to hide their stolen money. |
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| Most commentators argue that it will stand or fall on whether the continent's leaders possess the will to deal with dictators and kleptocrats. |
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| Sadly, it was the oligarchs, the kleptocrats and Western companies that benefited most from the increased prices. |
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| We've even seen aid disappear into the Swiss bank accounts of third-world kleptocrats. |
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| That is an impressive position, on a motley field of 11 candidates that is filled with pocket-stuffing kleptocrats and blood-soaked warlords. |
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| An obstructionist Duma that is in the hands of reactionaries and special interests like the kleptocrats was of benefit to no-one except those parties. |
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| In many parts of the world, kleptocrats have lined their own pockets instead of funding development, such as new roads, schools, and hospitals. |
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| Yet public attention is only drawn to the kleptocrats, rather than to the people and institutions that enable these thefts. |
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| In the past, foreign banks have allowed African kleptocrats to stash vast sums of embezzled public assets at a great cost to the people of their countries. |
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| With accounts laid open, local media might put pressure on kleptocrats. |
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| He later died of his injuries. Since then the fire has found all sorts of fuel, from the Arab street's desire for democracy to its revulsion at doddering kleptocrats. |
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| Only the kleptocrats in power have profited from the situation. |
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| Though much of what lies within is perfectly legitimate, the protection offered from prying eyes ensures that they appeal to kleptocrats and tax-dodgers as well as plutocrats. |
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| Elections, usually taken to be a hallmark of democracy, have become a tool for predatory authoritarian kleptocrats seeking to legitimate their rule. |
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| Ginning up enthusiasm for wiping out corruption in the world's kleptocracies is no mean feat when the kleptocrats remain in control. |
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| Kleptocrats use the Western financial system as a safe haven for their assets, providing United States policymakers with opportunities to combat harmful regimes. |
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