Punishments are too soft too off course everbody will do bad things because no punishments.
punishment is even more hard than it ought to be only that the people that it is being meted on are those that don't commit the serious crime. in the eyes of the rich, powerful and the most influential people in the world, it is as though there is no punishment for their crimes just because they can buy their way out of whatever crime they have committed, if you don't have the means of getting yourself out of those kind of situation, you will discover that there are enough laws that covers all form of humans excesses.
there are thousands of innocent poor people in the correctional centers that have been wrongly detained because of a supposed law they have broken, because they don't have the means and connection to get themselves off it, they are the ones that serves for breaking the law while anyone that has the resource or influence that will get them out of whatever law they have broken always goes free. as long as the law protects you, you can do what you want and that is the reason why the leaders do as they like because they know that they have been shielded by the law. if you don't have that level of shield, just ensure to trade with caution or else the correctional Centre will become your home.