Not all government officials and police officers are the same. For example Magnitskiy scandal in Russia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Magnitsky#Exposin

Not all government officials and police officers are the same. For example Magnitskiy scandal in Russia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Magnitsky#Exposing_the_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Magnitsky#Exposing_the_... TL/DR: police had given the materials taken during the police raids to organized criminals, who used them to fraudulently reclaim $230m of the taxes previously paid by the company.