[JumpCrisscross]

> Internally this kind of corruption is more difficult because you have more control

If we anthropomorphise the regulatory body, sure. In reality, there isn’t evidence either way. Corrupt governments handing work to the private sector is a proven efficiency booster. Meanwhile, competent governments Severn Trenting everything is textbook (on the political left).

[Retric]

Outsourcing and corruption isn’t limited to government agencies. Quite a lot of it is from companies to other companies or governments to company A and then from company A to company B where the subcontractors are at issue.