There is a reason the dictator of Uzbekistan is so afraid of this: because his daughter likes to go shopping in Paris. The daughter of the dictator of Angola—the richest woman in Africa—greatly enjoys spending time in the French Riviera, and visiting places like Whistler, and going on shopping sprees throughout the world. I'm currently in London. If the British actually followed through on a lot of this, they would see a dramatic decline in their real estate prices, which are held up by people looting their own countries so they can buy expensive mansions here.
Perhaps some countries are willing to sell their integrity in that manner, and have overinflated real estate situations, but at the end of the day, these visas have an enormous impact in those countries. No official wants to be targeted by this. This also leads to something that is unseen, which is that a lot of these officials will not carry out an act in the future, because they've seen what was done to their comrade in government. They may choose to say, “That's not going to happen to me, so we are only going to play by these rules.” That's actually what we want more and more of. Let them be scared. Let them be the ones who are chilled in their behaviour, rather than doing whatever they want, when they want, simply because in their jurisdiction they can.