That is a very good example. I have been in countries with rampant corruption and was told the Americans did it too.
I used the Mafia example. The Mafia took a small percentage of everyone’s profit, allowing the host to survive and keep producing. African and Asian corruption bleeds the host dry, and then kills it to sell the parts. They use the money to provide themselves a bugout location, going there when the host gets wise to what is going on.
Look at all the ex-presidents and warlords who won houses in California. The West Africans like Jamaica and England for their bugout locations.
The Russian oligarchs and the oil-Arabs are the top of the heap in capital flight operations. Something close to half of Russian assets are held abroad.
This is why Russia has suffered from a lack of investment. They have lots of native investment capital but have depended on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). I guess the foreigners have been fools, the oligarchs have known better.