Report says corrupt officials get trickier

Corrupt officials, from high-ranking executives to lowly bureaucrats, are getting more sophisticated in evading traditional investigations, an anti-graft newspaper reported.

Although corrupt officials tried to outwit graft-busters, they still failed in the end, China Discipline Inspection Daily, a newspaper affiliated with the country's top anti-graft body, reported on Saturday.

The report cited 11 cases in which corrupt officials developed elaborate lies, colluded with others to devise a consistent story, transferred ill-gotten wealth, and destroyed or created evidence to stall investigation efforts.