Why, the author asks, is it so difficult to hold kleptocrats accountable?

作者问，为什么追究盗国贼的责任如此困难？

Criminals and kleptocrats create webs of shell companies with bogus owners and officers, seeking out countries with lax rules.

犯罪分子和窃贼与虚假的所有者和官员建立了空壳公司网络，寻找规则宽松的国家。

Pyongyang has surged ahead of the rest of the country, the kleptocrats have grown stronger, and canny traders have joined a fledgling class of nouveaux riches.

平壤一城独大，贪官污吏与日俱增，各路奸商跻身于新出现的暴发户阶层。

In fact, this practice is known in other parts of the world as “kleptocracy”, so what exactly does that mean, and who have been the most notorious kleptocrats?

事实上，这种做法在世界其他地方被称为“盗贼统治”，那么这到底是什么意思， 谁是最臭名昭著的盗贼统治者？