How to deal with people you know are problematic and far away?...
If you know you can't trust people in charge then we definitely have to sort that out somehow... maybe the long way around by how they got their in the first place... money I guess.
If their not going away and have control of the money then really.... I don't know... withhold your taxes (by yeah it's not an end move and just waits for them to come down even heavier on people...)
It's like talking to Putin or any other oligarch, they're not going to listen until it hits them in the wallet or you show them some strong-arm muscle. That's why it does feel like 'no money' (less toys for war machine) and then that = more chance of caring / need to care by people rather than transfer trust into useless money backed by structured abusers, gangs / legal games.
It's just not anything near winning if they can continue to do things constantly un-leashed, un-moderated, un-punished etc.