The 'Fourth Level'

The 'Fourth Level' is politicians, law enforcement, and the courts who operate as criminal enterprises.
They are no longer influenced by the 'Third Level'-organized crimes infiltration of politicians, law enforcement, and the courts-they now control organized crime for their own nefarious purposes and the 'Fourth Level' is organized crime.
The 'Fourth Level' is common in third world countries such as Mexico, Columbia, and Ecuador, especially as it relates to illicit drugs and assassinations and the 'Fourth Level' is becoming more and more common in the United States, especially as it relates to illicit drugs and assassinations; although by no means is the 'Fourth Level' limited to illicit drugs and assassinations.
My father was a tax advisor for Ecuador whose funding came from the U. S. State Department. Unfortunately he became part of the 'Fourth Level'. The following is from a book he wrote: "... we were friends with a revenue agent who had a beautiful home on acreage surrounded by a masonry wall, a swimming pool, two cars, a BMW and a Cadillac, all on a salary of $750 per month. He had a fixed taxpayer clientele and with each one he negotiated the tax keeping for himself a generous portion."
My father was being paid by the U. S. State Department to stop these corrupt practices which he didn't do. Instead he accepted a $3.000,000 bribe to allow these practices to continue.
The above is all the more tragic when you consider that the "fixed clientele" mentioned above would have included Ecuadorian drug lords and the $3,000,000 bribe would have included drug laundered money.
Pray for my father that he may see the error of his ways and repent to Jesus like the crooked tax collector for the Roman government did in the Bible.