In T&T, most cor­rup­tion cas­es, if they even get there, stop at the courts.

And that’s be­fore mil­lions of tax­pay­er dol­lars are spent on au­dit re­ports, le­gal fees and com­mis­sions of in­quiry.

Over the past 30 years, politi­cians have lib­er­al­ly dipped in­to the coun­try’s purse to pur­sue cor­rup­tion-re­lat­ed mat­ters, yet pros­e­cu­tion of such cas­es re­mains low while most are even­tu­al­ly dis­con­tin­ued or dis­missed.